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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armour and be shattered;
    strap on your armour and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

Fear God, Wait for the Lord

11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and (D)warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(G) warning me not to follow(H) the way of this people:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel