Isaiah 8:9,10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Associate yourselves, O ye people O ye Syrians and Israelites; and ye shall be broken in pieces Your attempts against the house of David, and kingdom of Judah, will be fruitless, yea, will issue in your own ruin. And give ear, all ye of far countries Immanuel's name inspires the prophet with new courage, and makes him send a challenge to all God's enemies, and foretel their certain downfall. He is, indeed, wrapt, as it were, into an ecstasy, upon considering the land as belonging to Immanuel, and foreseeing the future interposition of God for its protection. Gird yourselves With armour: prepare for war; and ye shall be broken in pieces He repeats it again for the greater assurance of the thing, and the comfort of God's people. Take counsel together Against the Lord, and against his anointed, Psalms 2:2; and it shall come to naught All your counsels shall be defeated, and your designs rendered abortive. Speak the word Not only fix, but declare your purpose, and make your boast of it; and it shall not stand Still you shall fail of accomplishing what you so ardently desire; for God is with us The Almighty and only true God fighteth for us and against you. This address of the prophet, to the confederate nations, is most elegant and spirited; and the foundation of his confidence is finely expressed in this last clause, in which he himself interprets the name Immanuel before given to the Messiah.