For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
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For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
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For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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Passages linked to Isaiah 14:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 43:13 Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
- Job 23:13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Job 9:12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
- Proverbs 19:21 There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
- Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- Psalms 33:11 The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Isaiah 46:11 I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.
- Jeremiah 4:28 For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
- 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.
- Job 40:8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
- Daniel 4:31-35 While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you. You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’ ” This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
- Isaiah 9:12 The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed,…
Isa 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Ver. 27. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?] Emphasin habet interrogatio. An excellent and unanswerable way of arguing from the irresistible will and almighty power of God; the like whereof is used by a certain Persian in Herodotus, in most elegant expressions, as Junius here noteth. {a}
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{a} In Calliope.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For the Lord of hosts hath purposed,.... What is…
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed,.... What is before declared, the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of the Assyrian, and everything else that comes to pass in this world; there is nothing comes to pass but he has purposed, and everything he has purposed does come to pass:
and who shall disannul it? not the most powerful monarch, or most powerful armies, or the most refined councils of men, or the greatest politicians on earth:
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and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? or aside, from giving the blow it is designed to give; no power on earth is equal to it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For the Lord of hosts - (see the note…
For the Lord of hosts - (see the note at Isa 1:9).
Who shall disannul it? - Who has power to defeat his purposes? Difficult as they may be in appearance, and incredible as their fulfillment may seem, yet his purposes are formed in full view of all the circumstances; and there is no power to resist his arm, or to turn him aside from the execution of his designs. By this assurance God designed to comfort his people when they should be in Babylon in a long and dreary captivity (compare Psa 137:1-9.) And by the same consideration his people may be comforted at all times. His plans shall stand. None can disannul them. No arm has power to resist him. None of the schemes formed against him shall ever prosper. Whatever ills, therefore, may befall his people; however thick, and gloomy, and sad their calamities may be; and however dark his dispensations may appear, yet they may bare the assurance that all his plans are wise, and that they all shall stand. No matter how many, or how mighty may be the foes of the church; no matter how strong their cities, or their ramparts; no matter how numerous their armies, or how self-confident may be their leaders, they have no power to resist God. If their plans are in his way they will be thrown down; if revolutions are necessary among human beings to accomplish His purposes, they will be brought about; if cities and armies need to be destroyed in order that “his” plans may succeed, and his church be safe, they will be demolished, just as the army of Sennacherib was laid pale in death, and as Babylon - the haughtiest of cities - was overthrown. Who can stand against God? and who can resist the execution of his will?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Dan 4:35).
(Dan 4:35).
To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah (Ch2 26:6); but in the reign of Ahaz (Ch2 28:18), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) His hand is stretched out.—Literally, and more emphatically,…
(27) His hand is stretched out.—Literally, and more emphatically, His is the outstretched hand.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain His hand is stretched out; literally, his is the…
His hand is stretched out; literally, his is the outstretched hand, which is more emphatic.
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