9 Band together, O peoples, but be shattered!Give ear, all you distant lands!Arm yourselves, but be shattered! Arm yourselves, but be shattered!
10 Form a plan, it shall be thwarted;make a resolve, it shall not be carried out,for “With us is God!”
11 For thus said the Lord—his hand strong upon me—warning me not to walk in the way of this people:
12 Do not call conspiracy what this people calls conspiracy,nor fear what they fear, nor feel dread.
13 But conspire with the Lord of hosts;he shall be your fear, he shall be your dread.
14 He shall be a snare,a stone for injury,A rock for stumblingto both the houses of Israel,A trap and a snareto those who dwell in Jerusalem;
15 And many among them shall stumble;fallen and broken;snared and captured.