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Isaiah 8:10 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 8 · verse 10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.Isaiah 8:10 · King James Version
Isaiah 8:10 in context
8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
9Associate 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.
10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11For 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,
12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Commentary
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:37
- Romans 8:31
- Job 5:12
- Proverbs 21:30
- Psalms 46:11
- 2 Samuel 15:31
- Isaiah 7:5-7
- Psalms 33:10-11
Key words (Strong's)
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- noughtpârarto break upH6565 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- standqûwmto riseH6965 →
- Takeʻûwtsto consultH5779 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians against them. And in these verses, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15