Isaiah 14:27
For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
26This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
28In the year of the death of King Ahaz this word came to the prophet:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:6And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.
Job 11:10If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
Job 40:8\40:13\Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
Psalms 33:11The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Isaiah 9:12Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:25-32
The Doom of the Assyrians; The Doom of the Philistines. ( b. c. 726.) 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For… Read the whole commentary →