A Believing Remnant

(A)Be broken, you peoples, and be [a](B)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
[b]Get ready, yet be [c]shattered;
[d]Get ready, yet be [e]shattered.
10 (C)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a [f]proposal, but (D)it will not stand,
For [g](E)God is with us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  3. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  4. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  5. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  6. Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
  7. Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

(A)Set up the [a]buckler and shield,
And advance to the battle!
Harness the horses,
And [b]mount the steeds,
Take your stand with helmets on!
(B)Polish the spears,
Put on the (C)coats of armor!

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  1. Jeremiah 46:3 I.e., small shield
  2. Jeremiah 46:4 Or go up, you horsemen

“Prepare your shields,(A) both large and small,
    and march out for battle!
Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish(B) your spears,
    put on your armor!(C)

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For I will (A)gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the (B)houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city. Then the Lord will go forth and (C)fight against those nations, as [a]when He fights on a day of battle.

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  1. Zechariah 14:3 Lit a day of His fighting

I will gather all the nations(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(D) Then the Lord will go out and fight(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.(F)

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