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This water will be like a flash flood as it passes through Judah. It will rise to Judah’s throat and almost drown him.

But he will spread his wings over your whole country, Immanuel.[a]

All you nations, prepare for war.
    You will be defeated.
Listen, all you faraway countries!
    Prepare for battle.
    You will be defeated.
10 Make your plans for the fight.
    Your plans will be defeated.
Give orders to your armies,
    but your orders will be useless,
    because God is with us![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:8 But he … Immanuel Or “Immanuel, it will spread throughout your whole country.” This might be a promise of God’s protection, or it might be a warning about Assyria’s power.
  2. Isaiah 8:10 God is with us In Hebrew this is like the name 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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Footnotes

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