Lexicon :: Strong's H6098 - ʿēṣâ

Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;

but a person of understanding draws it out.

No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel

will prevail against the LORD.

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,

and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[fn]

to those who say,

“Let him hurry up and do his work quickly

so that we can see it!

Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place

so that we can know it! ”

Devise a plan; it will fail.

Make a prediction; it will not happen.

For God is with us.[fn]

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him —

a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

a Spirit of counsel and strength,

a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

This is the plan prepared

for the whole earth,

and this is the hand stretched out

against all the nations.

Give us counsel and make a decision.

Shelter us at noonday

with shade that is as dark as night.

Hide the refugees;

do not betray the one who flees.

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,

and I will frustrate its plans.

Then they will inquire of worthless idols, ghosts,

mediums, and spiritists.

LORD, you are my God;

I will exalt you. I will praise your name,

for you have accomplished wonders,

plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

This also comes from the LORD of Armies.

He gives wondrous advice;

he gives great wisdom.

Woe to those who go to great lengths

to hide their plans from the LORD.

They do their works in the dark,

and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us? ”

Woe to the rebellious children!

This is the LORD’s declaration.

They carry out a plan, but not mine;

they make an alliance,

but against my will,

piling sin on top of sin.

“You[fn] think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me?

Who has directed[fn] the Spirit of the LORD,

or who gave him counsel?

who confirms the message of his servant

and fulfills the counsel of his messengers;

who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”

and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”

and I will restore her ruins;

“I declare the end from the beginning,

and from long ago what is not yet done,

saying: my plan will take place,

and I will do all my will.

“You are worn out with your many consultations.

So let the astrologers stand and save you —

those who observe the stars,

those who predict monthly

what will happen to you.

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him[fn] and pay no attention to all his words.”

“I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who intend to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.

“the one great in counsel and powerful in action. Your eyes are on all the ways of the children of men[fn] in order to reward each person according to his ways and as the result of his actions.

About Edom, this is what the LORD of Armies says:

Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel perished from the prudent?

Has their wisdom rotted away?

Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them.

Disaster after disaster will come,

and there will be rumor after rumor.

Then they will look for a vision from a prophet,

but instruction will perish from the priests

and counsel from the elders.

The LORD[fn] said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

The calf itself will be taken to Assyria

as an offering to the great king.[fn]

Ephraim will experience shame;

Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.

But they do not know the LORD’s intentions

or understand his plan,

that he has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

“Yes, he will build the LORD’s temple; he will bear royal splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.