27 (A)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
    and who will annul it?
(B)His hand is stretched out,
    and who will turn it back?

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27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(A) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(B) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(C)

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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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13     Yes, and from ancient days(A) I am he.(B)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(C)

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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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  1. Job 23:13 Or one

13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(A)
    He does whatever he pleases.(B)

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and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not (A)God in heaven? You (B)rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. (C)In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

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and said:

Lord, the God of our ancestors,(A) are you not the God who is in heaven?(B) You rule over all the kingdoms(C) of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.(D)

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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.

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30 There is no wisdom,(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.(B)

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

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12 If he snatches away, who can stop him?(A)
    Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(B)

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28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together (A)for good,[a] for (B)those who are called according to his purpose.

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  1. Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C)

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  1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.

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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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11 (A)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.

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11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm(A) forever,
    the purposes(B) of his heart through all generations.

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God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?

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  1. Romans 8:31 Or who is

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(A) If God is for us,(B) who can be against us?(C)

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28 (A)“For this the earth shall mourn,
    (B)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
    (C)I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”

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28 Therefore the earth will mourn(A)
    and the heavens above grow dark,(B)
because I have spoken and will not relent,(C)
    I have decided and will not turn back.(D)

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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.

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  1. Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike

The Lord Almighty planned(A) it,
    to bring down(B) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(C) all who are renowned(D) on the earth.

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11 (A)calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
(B)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

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11 From the east I summon(A) a bird of prey;(B)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(C) that I will do.(D)

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