Isaiah 8:9 meaning and explanation

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

Isaiah 8:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just pictured Assyria as a flood sweeping through Judah up to the neck (verses 7 and 8). Now he addresses the nations behind that threat, and all distant lands, with a mocking war cry.

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