Isaiah 8:10

10 "¹Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; State a proposal, but ²it will not stand, For ³God is with us."

Isaiah 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together
As Rezin king of Syria, and Remaliah's son, did against Judah, ( Isaiah 7:5 ) : it shall come to nought;
for, though they came up against it, they could not overcome it, ( 2 Kings 16:5 ) : speak the word;
what they intended, resolved upon, and determined to do; this is the issue of their counsels: and it shall not stand; (See Gill on Isaiah 7:7): for God is with us;
which is the interpretation of the name "Immanuel": and which shows that the reason why the consultations and resolutions of the enemies of Judah could not take place, so as to destroy it, was because Immanuel, the virgin's son, was to be born in it.

Isaiah 8:10 In-Context

8 "Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach even to the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

9 "Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered; And give ear, all remote places of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.

10 "Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us."

11 For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12 "You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.

Cross References

• 1. Job 5:12; Isaiah 28:18
• 2. Isaiah 7:7
• 3. Isaiah 8:8; Romans 8:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "word"
• [b]. Heb "Immanu-el"