In Context

7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the River - the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow all its channels, run over all its banks

8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, O Immanuel !"

9 Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!

10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

11 The Lord spoke to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people. He said:

12 "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy ; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.

Isaiah 8:10 in Other Translations