Isaiah 8:9

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

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Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

In Context

8And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

10Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.

Proverbs 11:21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

Isaiah 14:5The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;

Isaiah 28:13For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

Isaiah 54:15See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

Jeremiah 46:4Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:2-9

Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of… Read the whole commentary →

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