10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians against them. And in these verses, I. He triumphs over the invading enemies, and, in effect, sets them at defiance, and bids them do their worst ( Isa. 8:9 , 10 ): “ O you people, you of far countries , give ear to what…
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