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and sweep into Judah, flooding, overflowing, and reaching up to the neck. But God is with us;[a] the span of his wings will cover the width of the land.

Unite[b] yourselves, peoples, and be shattered!
    Listen, all distant places of the earth!
Prepare to be shattered!
    Prepare to be shattered!
10 Create a plan, but be frustrated!
    Speak a word, but it won’t stand, for God is with us.[c]

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Heb Immanuel
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Heb uncertain
  3. Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanuel

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

Raise the war cry,[b](D) you nations, and be shattered!(E)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(F) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(G)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(H)
    for God is with us.[c](I)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  3. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel