Isaiah 8:11
For thus has YHWH spoken to me with strength of hand, and instructs me against walking in the way of this people, saying,
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10Take counsel, and it is broken, || Speak a word, and it does not stand, || Because of Immanuel!”
Cross References
Psalms 32:8I cause you to act wisely, || And direct you in the way that you go, || I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore, thus said YHWH: “If you turn back, then I bring you back, || You stand before Me, || And if you bring out the precious from the vile, || You are as My mouth! They return to you, || And you do not return to them.
Jeremiah 20:9And I said, “I do not mention Him, || Nor do I speak anymore in His Name,” || And it has been in my heart || As a burning fire shut up in my bones, || And I have been weary of containing, || And I am not able.
Ezekiel 2:8And you, son of man, hear that which I am speaking to you; do not be of rebellion like the house of rebellion, open your mouth and eat that which I am giving to you.”
Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak what we saw and heard.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:10-16
Judah's Encouragement. ( b. c. 740.) 9 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. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A… Read the whole commentary →