Isaiah 14:26
24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
25 I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
27 The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
28 In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
- KJV
- This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
- WEB
- This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
- ASV
- This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
- DARBY
- This is the counsel which is purposed concerning the whole earth; and this is the hand which is stretched out upon all the nations.
- BLB
- This [is] the counsel [that] is counseled for all the earth, and this [is] the hand [that] is stretched out over all the nations.
- ÅB
- Dette er det råd som er tatt om all jorden, og dette er den hånd som er rakt ut over alle folkene;
- OTB
- Dette er planen utarbeidet mot hele jorden; dette er hånden strukket ut over alle nasjonene.
- B1930
- Dette er det råd som er tatt om all jorden, og dette er den hånd som er rakt ut over alle folkene;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 23:9
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:6–8
“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
Read in contextExodus 15:12
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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