KJV ORIGINAL
Take 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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Make your plans together, and they will fail; give your orders, and they won't succeed: because God is with us.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse declares that any plans made against God's people will ultimately fail because God is on their side.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah spoke these words during a time when the kingdom of Judah faced threats from surrounding nations, particularly Syria and Israel who had formed an alliance against them. The phrase 'God is with us' is actually the meaning of the name 'Immanuel,' which Isaiah had prophesied about earlier in his book as a sign of God's protection.
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