Daniel 4:24
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24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,
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Psalm 107:40
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Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11 (C)calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
(D)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
Job 40:11-12
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is (A)proud and abase him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and (B)tread down the wicked (C)where they stand.
Daniel 4:17
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Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
(A)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[a]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
Isaiah 14:24-27
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An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
25 that (B)I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and (C)his yoke shall depart from them,
and (D)his burden from their shoulder.”
26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is (E)the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 (F)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
(G)His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
Psalm 148:6
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6 And he (A)established them forever and ever;
he gave (B)a decree, and it shall not (C)pass away.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed
Psalm 2:7
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7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (A)“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
Job 20:29
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Job 1:12-19
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12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
Satan Takes Job's Property and Children
13 Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14 and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and (A)the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants[a] with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (B)“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (C)“The Chaldeans formed (D)three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (E)“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across (F)the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
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