Yesaya 14:24

14:24 ¹ The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:

“Be sure of this:

Just as I have intended, so it will be;

just as I have planned, it will happen.

Yesaya 14:26-27

14:26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;

my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” ² 

14:27 Indeed, ³  the Lord who commands armies has a plan,

and who can possibly frustrate it?

His hand is ready to strike,

and who can possibly stop it? ⁴ 

Yesaya 23:9

23:9 The Lord who commands armies planned it –

to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, ⁵ 

to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Yesaya 46:10-11

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ⁶  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

46:11 who summons an eagle ⁷  from the east,

from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.

Yes, I have decreed, ⁸ 

yes, I will bring it to pass;

I have formulated a plan,

yes, I will carry it out.

[14:24]  ¹ sn Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian power of Isaiah’s day, would be annihilated, foreshadowing what would subsequently happen to Babylon and the other hostile nations.

[14:26]  ² tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.”

[14:27]  ³ tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[14:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”

[23:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “the pride of all the beauty.”

[46:10]  ⁶ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”

[46:11]  ⁷ tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).

[46:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”