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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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?

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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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24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(A)

“Surely, as I have planned,(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(C)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(D) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(E) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(F)

26 This is the plan(G) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(H) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(I) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(J) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(K)

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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

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

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(A)Who stirred up one from the east
    whom victory meets at every (B)step?[a]
(C)He gives up nations before him,
    so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
    (D)like driven stubble with his bow.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or whom righteousness calls to follow?

“Who has stirred(A) up one from the east,(B)
    calling him in righteousness(C) to his service[a]?(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff(F) with his bow.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step

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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11 In him we were also chosen,[a] having been predestined(A) according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose(B) of his will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or were made heirs

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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39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”(A)

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14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
    (A)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
    (B)he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
    and his arm shall be against (C)the Chaldeans.
15 (D)I, even I, have spoken and called him;
    I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.

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14 “Come together,(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(C)
    will carry out his purpose(D) against Babylon;(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
    yes, I have called(F) him.
I will bring him,
    and he will succeed(G) in his mission.

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  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

15 What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
    and he himself has done it.
(A)I walk slowly all my years
    because of the bitterness of my soul.

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15 But what can I say?(A)
    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(B)
I will walk humbly(C) all my years
    because of this anguish of my soul.(D)

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“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (A)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

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“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(A) me to build(B) a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

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11 This was (A)according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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11 according to his eternal purpose(A) that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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45 Therefore hear (A)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, (B)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: (C)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
    what he has purposed(A) against the land of the Babylonians:(B)
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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25 (A)I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
    (B)from the rising of the sun, (C)and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
    as the potter treads clay.

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25 “I have stirred(A) up one from the north,(B) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.

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