Isaiah 8:9-11
Expanded Bible
9 ·Be broken [or You will be broken], all you nations,
and [L you will] be ·smashed to pieces [shattered].
Listen, all you faraway ·countries [lands].
·Prepare for battle [T Gird yourselves] and [you will] be ·smashed to pieces [shattered]!
·Prepare for battle [T Gird yourselves] and [you will] be ·smashed to pieces [shattered]!
10 ·Make your plans for the fight [Devise your strategy],
but ·they will be defeated [it will be thwarted].
·Give orders to your armies [L Speak a command/word],
but ·they will be useless [L it will not stand],
because ·God is with us [L Immanuel].
Warnings to Isaiah
11 [L For] The Lord spoke to me with his ·great power [L strong hand] and warned me not to ·follow the lead [L walk in the way] of ·the rest of the [L this] people. He said,
Isaiah 8:9-11
New International Version
9 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!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
for God is with us.[b](F)
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(G) warning me not to follow(H) the way of this people:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
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