⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(A)
“You are a priest forever,^(B)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(C)”

“Surely, as I have planned,^(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(C)

²⁶ This is the plan^(A) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand^(B) stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^(C) and who can thwart him?
    His hand^(D) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^(E)

¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(E) a bird of prey;^(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(G) that I will do.^(H)