Isaiah 14:27

For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

In Context

26This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

28In the year in which king Achaz died this word came.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:6And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, are not you God in heaven above, and are not you Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and is there not in your hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist you?

Job 11:10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?

Job 40:8And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.

Psalms 33:11Come, you⌃ children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 1

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

Isaiah 9:12even Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is exalted.

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 →

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