Isaiah 8:10 · KJV
“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
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. {people and: or, people, yet}
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, {with...: Heb. in strength of hand}
Isaiah 8 — Context
And 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. {stretching...: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings}
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. {people and: or, people, yet}
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, {with...: Heb. in strength of hand}
12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all {them to} whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Cross References
Lamentations 3:37
Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God {be} for us, who {can be} against us?
Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform {their} enterprise. {their enterprise: or, any thing}
Proverbs 21:30
{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
2 Samuel 15:31
And {one} told David, saying, Ahithophel {is} among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
Psalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts {is} with us; the God of Jacob {is} our refuge. Selah.
Isaiah 7:5-7
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Psalms 33:10-11
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}