Isaiah 8:10 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 9, 10.) Gather together, O people, and be conquered, and listen, all far away lands: be strengthened and be conquered. Gird yourselves, and be conquered: take counsel, and it shall be dissipated: speak a word, and it shall not be, because God is with us. Regarding the phrase 'gather together, or be weakened, and be broken,' as others have interpreted, the Septuagint translated it as 'know.' For the Hebrew word, Rou (), because of the resemblance of the letter Res () and Daleth (), they understood it as Dou ().

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

280. As to counsel: take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: who catches the wise in their craftiness, and scatters the counsel of the wicked (Job 5:13); there is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord (Prov 21:30). …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For God is with us " (this refers to the name of Immanuel--God with us ); "the Messiah is to be born among us, and a people designed for such an honour cannot be given up to utter ruin. We have now the special presence of God with us in his temple, his oracles, his promises, and these are our defence.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Take counsel together - This is an address to the same foreign nations. It refers to the designs which they would form to destroy the Jewish state. Speak the word - That is, give the command - to overturn the nation of the Jews. It shall not stand - It shall not be accomplished. For God is with us - Hebrew ‘For Immanuel.’ It indicates the confidence of the prophet in view of the promise and the pledge. His reliance was there.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֻ֥צוּ	'U.tzu	plan	H5779 →
עֵצָ֖ה	'e.Tzah	a plan	H6098 →
וְתֻפָ֑ר	ve.tu.Far	so it may be frustrated	H6565 →
דַּבְּר֤וּ	da.be.Ru	speak	H1696 →
דָבָר֙	da.Var	a word	H1697 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָק֔וּם	ya.Kum	it will stand	H6965 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
עִמָּ֖נוּ	'i.Ma.nu	[is] with us	H5973 →
אֵֽל׃ ס	'El	God	H410 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
leads to
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
  in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
  You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
  No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
Through
Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Psalms 33:10–11
  The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.