Isaiah 8:10

10 Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'

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 And it hath passed on into Judah, It hath overflown and passed over, Unto the neck it cometh, And the stretching out of its wings Hath been the fulness of the breadth of thy land, O Emmanu-El!

9 Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.

10 Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'

11 For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

12 `Ye do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people saith, A confederacy, And its fear ye do not fear, Nor declare fearful.