“Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

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Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst

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.

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10 (A)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (B)but it will not stand,
(C)For [a]God is with us.”

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel

10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(A)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(B)
    for God is with us.[a](C)

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

10 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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23 Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (B)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;

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23 This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom(A)
    or the strong boast of their strength(B)
    or the rich boast of their riches,(C)

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23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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24 But (A)let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, [a]judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
(B)For in these I delight,” says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:24 justice

24 but let the one who boasts boast(A) about this:
    that they have the understanding to know(B) me,
that I am the Lord,(C) who exercises kindness,(D)
    justice and righteousness(E) on earth,
    for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.

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24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

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39 (A)but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found (B)to fight against God.”

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39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”(A)

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39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;

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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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20 and again, (A)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

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20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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