2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

²⁴ The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

¹⁸ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

⁸ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

¹⁰ Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

²⁵ Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?