Isaiah 14:26

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

In Context

25I 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.”

27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:25Therefore 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 lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 23:11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Zephaniah 3:6“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.

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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