Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:6And said: O Lord God of our fathers, thou art God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is strength and power, and no one can resist thee.
Job 11:10If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
Psalms 33:11But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 9:12The Syrians from the east, and the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth, For all this his indignation 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 →