9. Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
10. Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for ·God is with us.
11. For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12. Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread.
13. Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14. And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.