Psa 2:1-3, 83:3-11, Isa 8:9-10, Act 23:12-13 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^dAnointed, saying,
3 “Let us ^eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”

Psalms 83:3-11

3 They lay ^fcrafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your ^gtreasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, ^hlet us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6 the tents of ⁱEdom and ^jthe Ishmaelites,
^kMoab and ^lthe Hagrites,
7 ^mGebal and ⁿAmmon and ^oAmalek,
^pPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^qTyre;
8 ^rAsshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of ^sthe children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to ^tMidian,
as to ^uSisera and Jabin at ^vthe river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at ^wEn-dor,
who became ^xdung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like ^yOreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like ^zZebah and Zalmunna,

Isaiah 8:9-10

9 Be broken, ^{▼▼Or Be evil} you peoples, and ^abbe shattered; ^{▼▼Or dismayed}
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, ^adbut it will not stand,
for God ^aeis with us. ^{▼▼The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel}

Acts 23:12-13

A Plot to Kill Paul

12 When it was day, ^agthe Jews made a plot and ^ahbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.