This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
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This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
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This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
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This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 14:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 23:9 Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
- Exodus 15:12 You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
- Zephaniah 3:6-8 I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. I said, “Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won’t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her.” But they rose early and corrupted all their doings. “Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 14:26 This [is] the purpose that is purposed…
Isa 14:26 This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
Ver. 26. This is the purpose that is purposed.] Heb., The council that is consulted. Now there are many devices in the heart of man, but, when all is done, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. {Pro 19:21}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Upon the whole earth; upon this vast empire, now…
Upon the whole earth; upon this vast empire, now in the hands of the Assyrians, and shortly to come into the hands of the Babylonians.
The whole earth is put synecdochically for a great part of it. The hand; the providence of God executing his purpose.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain This is the purpose that is purposed upon the…
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, &c. Or, "counsel that is counselled". The Targum is,
"all the inhabitants of the earth;''
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and the Septuagint version, "the whole world", meaning the Assyrian empire, and all states depending on it; as the Roman empire is called, Luk 2:1 for this purpose respects not the end of the world, and the judgment of it at the last day, as some have thought; but the preceding prophecy, purpose, or counsel, concerning breaking and trampling under foot the Assyrians, and delivering the Jews from subjection to them:
and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations; of which the Assyrian army consisted, or which made up the Assyrian monarchy, or depended on it, and fell with it. "Purpose" denotes the counsel, will, and decree of God, about this business; and "hand" the execution of it. The Targum renders it "power"; so "hand" and "counsel" go together in Act 4:28. The Targum is
"on all kingdoms.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The earth - Upon this vast empire, now in…
The earth - Upon this vast empire, now in the hands of the Assyrians, and shortly to come into the hands of the Babylonians. The hand - The providence of God executing his purpose.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain This is the purpose - This is the sum…
This is the purpose - This is the sum of the whole design - a design that embraces the destruction both of the king of Assyria, and of Babylon.
Upon the whole earth - The successive kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia embraced the whole earth, and to destroy them would in fact affect all the nations.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain This is . . . purpose . . .…
This is . . . purpose . . . whole earth--A hint that the prophecy embraces the present world of all ages in its scope, of which the purpose concerning Babylon and Assyria, the then representatives of the world power, is but a part.
hand . . . stretched out upon--namely, in punishment (Isa 5:25).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26, 27. This is the purpose — The sense…
26, 27. This is the purpose — The sense of these verses is, That the “purpose” formed against Babylon and Assyria is also formed against all peoples who deserve punishment, and it must be executed. Rules of justice control the Almighty in regard to all nations, and they cannot be changed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26, 27. This plan of Jehovah embraces the destinies…
26, 27. This plan of Jehovah embraces the destinies of all nations (see ch. Isa_28:22, Isa_10:23, Isa_8:9). The expression “the whole earth” is not to be restricted to the Assyrian Empire, nor on the other hand is the meaning that all other peoples shall suffer the same fate as Assyria; it is simply that the event announced is of world-wide importance, and affects the interests of humanity at large. This indeed followed from the ambitious designs of Assyria, which could not stop short of universal empire. But Isaiah no doubt looked deeper than this, and thought of its bearings on the religious future of mankind. The two verses are a striking testimony to the grandeur of Isaiah’s conception of the Divine government.
this is the hand that is stretched out] cf. Isa_14:26, ch. Isa_5:25, Isa_9:12, &c.
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ii. Isa_14:28-32. An oracle on Philistia. The Philistines, who are rejoicing at the fall of some cruel oppressor, are warned that the dreaded power will soon be re-established in a more terrible form than ever (Isa_14:29). A contrast is then drawn between the miserable fate of the Philistines and the peace and security in store for Israel (Isa_14:30). In Isa_14:31 the warning is repeated, and it is indicated that the formidable enemy is one who comes from the north. Meanwhile ambassadors from a foreign people (no doubt the Philistines) are in Jerusalem awaiting an answer to their proposals; and the prophet gives the answer in the name of Jehovah, as he does in the case of the Ethiopian envoys in ch. 18.
The situation which best combines the various allusions of the prophecy would seem to be the death of some Assyrian monarch, which in Isaiah’s time was invariably the signal for active conspiracy among the states of Palestine (General Introd., pp. xiv f.). That the broken rod is Ahaz and the future oppressor Hezekiah, although suggested by the title, appears to be excluded by Isa_14:31, where the invasion is said to come from the north. It is still less natural to suppose that the rod is a Jewish dominion, and the threatened danger an Assyrian supremacy, because Isa_14:29 seems to imply that the new tyranny springs from the same root as the old. Assuming, then, that two successive Assyrian kings are meant, there are three occasions within the lifetime of Isaiah which satisfy the conditions required by the prophecy: the death of Tiglath-pileser III. in 727; of Shalmaneser IV. in 722; and of Sargon in 705. It is hardly possible with the data at our disposal to decide between these periods. Each of the monarchs named had ravaged the Philistine territory; the death of each was followed by an outbreak of disaffection in which the Philistines took a leading part, and at any time Isaiah would have given the advice to his countrymen which he virtually gives here. On the last occasion we might perhaps have expected a reference to the overthrow of Assyria, as in the answer to the Ethiopians about the same time (ch. 18). The first event mentioned corresponds approximately with one of the dates assigned for the death of Ahaz (727), and would therefore go far to vindicate the accuracy of the superscription.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) This is the hand that is stretched out…
(26) This is the hand that is stretched out . . .—The words point, as it were, to the idea of a universal history. The fall of the Assyrian power and of Babylon does not stand alone, but forms part of a scheme embracing all nations and all ages (Isa_9:12).
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain whole earth
whole earth
This universality is significant and marks the whole passage as referring, not merely to a near judgment upon Assyria, but in a yet larger sense to the final crash of the present world-system at the end of the age. (See "Times of the Gentiles," Luk 21:24; Rev 16:14; Dan 2:44; Dan 2:45 "Armageddon,"; Rev 16:14; Rev 19:17. No other such universal catastrophe on the nations is known to Scripture.
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This may be Isaiah speaking or it may be Yahweh speaking.
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This is the plan that is intended for the whole earth
The idea of "is intended" can be expressed with an active verb. AT: "This is the plan that God intends for the whole earth" (See: Active or Passive)
this is the hand that is raised over all the nations
God being ready to punish the nations is spoken of as if he raised his hand in order to hit them. The word "hand" may also represent his power. AT: "this is Yahweh's power to punish all the nations" or "this is how Yahweh will punish the nations" (See: Metaphor and Metonymy)
who will stop him?
This question emphasizes that no one can stop Yahweh. AT: "there is no one who can stop him." (See: Rhetorical Question)
Yahweh of hosts
See how you translated this in Isaiah 1:9.
His hand is raised
This represents Yahweh being ready to punish the nations. AT: "He is ready to punish them" (See: Metaphor)
who will turn it back?
This question is used to say that no one can turn back God's hand. Turning back his hand represents stopping him from punishing the nations. AT: "no one can turn it back." or "no one can stop him from punishing them." (See: Rhetorical Question and Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:26 The Lord’s power over Assyria is just one…
14:26 The Lord’s power over Assyria is just one example of his sovereignty over the whole earth.
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