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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 8, Verse 10

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9
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.
King James Version
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
American Standard Version
Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
New English Translation
Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
World English Bible
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."
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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,
12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.