Isaiah 8:10

10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.^[a]

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Isaiah 8:10 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

NLT

10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us! ”

MSG

10 Plan and plot all you want - nothing will come of it. All your talk is mere talk, empty words, Because when all is said and done, the last word is Immanuel - God-With-Us. A Boulder Blocking Your Way

CSB

10 Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen. For God is with us.

Isaiah 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together
As Rezin king of Syria, and Remaliah's son, did against Judah, ( Isaiah 7:5 ) : it shall come to nought;
for, though they came up against it, they could not overcome it, ( 2 Kings 16:5 ) : speak the word;
what they intended, resolved upon, and determined to do; this is the issue of their counsels: and it shall not stand; (See Gill on Isaiah 7:7): for God is with us;
which is the interpretation of the name "Immanuel": and which shows that the reason why the consultations and resolutions of the enemies of Judah could not take place, so as to destroy it, was because Immanuel, the virgin's son, was to be born in it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Isaiah 8:10 In-Context

8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel !”

9 Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!

10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

11 This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

12 “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.

Cross References 3

1. S Job 5:12
2. S Proverbs 19:21; S Proverbs 21:30; S Isaiah 7:7
3. S Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Romans 8:31

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew "Immanuel"