10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
10 Plan and plot all you want - nothing will come of it. All your talk is mere talk, empty words, Because when all is said and done, the last word is Immanuel - God-With-Us. A Boulder Blocking Your Way
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us."
10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us! "
30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
30 Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God.
30 There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.
30 No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord .
(Read Proverbs 21:30-31)
Means are to be used, but, after all, our safety and salvation are only of the Lord. In our spiritual warfare we must arm ourselves with the whole armour of God; but our strength must be in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 8:10
Commentary on Isaiah 8:9-16
(Read Isaiah 8:9-16)
The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The Lord, who will be a Sanctuary to those who trust in him, will be a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, to those who make the creature their fear and their hope. If the things of God be an offence to us, they will undo us. The apostle quotes this as to all who persisted in unbelief of the gospel of Christ, 1 Peter 2:8. The crucified Emmanuel, who was and is a Stumbling-stone and Rock of offence to unbelieving Jews, is no less so to thousands who are called Christians. The preaching of the cross is foolishness in their esteem; his doctrines and precepts offend them.