35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
    and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
    and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
    or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”

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(A)Our God is in the heavens;
    (B)he does all that he pleases.

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(A)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.

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“I know that you can (A)do all things,
    and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For (C)who has known the mind of the Lord,
    or (D)who has been his counselor?”
35 “Or (E)who has given a gift to him
    that he might be repaid?”

36 For (F)from him and through him and to him are all things. (G)To him be glory forever. Amen.

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11 In him we have obtained (A)an inheritance, (B)having been predestined (C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (D)the counsel of his will,

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19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (A)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (B)to answer back to God? (C)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

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28 (A)to do whatever your hand and (B)your plan had predestined to take place.

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15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
    and are accounted (A)as the dust on the scales;
    behold, he takes up (B)the coastlands like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
    nor are (C)its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 (D)All the nations are as nothing before him,
    they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

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13 Also (A)henceforth I am he;
    there is none who can deliver from my hand;
    I work, and who can turn it back?”

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Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 (A)At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, (B)Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and (D)revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your (E)gracious will.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:26 Or for so it pleased you well

22 (A)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? (B)Are we stronger than he?

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16 (A)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (B)we have the mind of Christ.

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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.

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(A)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
    a pot among earthen pots!
(B)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
    or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
    or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”

11 Thus says (C)the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(D)“Ask me of things to come;
    will you command me (E)concerning my children and (F)the work of my hands?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?

14 If he should (A)set his heart to it
    and (B)gather to himself his (C)spirit and his breath,
15 all flesh would perish together,
    and man would (D)return to dust.

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39 but (A)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You (B)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,

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My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
(A)For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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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?

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Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
For (A)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 The Lord (B)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (C)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.

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13 But he is unchangeable,[a] and (A)who can turn him back?
    What he (B)desires, that he does.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:13 Or one

12 Behold, he snatches away; (A)who can turn him back?
    (B)Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

13 “God will not turn back his anger;
    beneath him bowed the helpers of (C)Rahab.

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18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, (A)“It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.”

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10 so that at the name of Jesus (A)every knee should bow, (B)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (C)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (D)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, (A)whom you are persecuting.

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