Isaiah 8:10
You can prepare for what you will do to attack Judah, but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
11Yahweh strongly warned me [MTY] not to act like the other people in Judah did. He said to me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:1“When your soldiers go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your ancestors safely out of Egypt, will be with you.
2 Samuel 15:31Someone told David that Ahithophel had joined with those who were rebelling against David. So David prayed, “Yahweh, cause whatever Ahithophel suggests to Absalom that he should do to be considered to be foolish!”
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave to his family instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors had been buried.
2 Chronicles 13:12Yahweh is with us; he is our leader. The priests whom he has appointed will blow their trumpets to signal that we are ready to fight a battle against you. You Israeli men, do not fight against Yahweh, the God to whom your ancestors belonged, because you will not be successful and win the battle against him.”
Job 5:12He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
Psalms 21:12You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.
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 →