Band together,[a] peoples, and be broken;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for war, and be broken;
prepare for war, and be broken.
10 Devise a plan; it will fail.(A)
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:9 Or Raise the war cry, or Be shattered
  2. 8:10 Hb Immanuel

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) with God, since it is written,(B) He catches the wise in their craftiness;[a](C) 20 and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings(D) of the wise are futile.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:19 Jb 5:13
  2. 3:20 Ps 94:11

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