“It will all happen as I have planned.
    It will be as I have decided.

²¹ You can make many plans,
    but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

¹³ But once he has made his decision, who can change his mind?
    Whatever he wants to do, he does.

²⁰ The anger of the Lord will not diminish
    until it has finished all he has planned.
In the days to come
    you will understand all this very clearly.

¹⁰ Only I can tell you the future
    before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
    for I do whatever I wish.
¹¹ I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—
    a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
    and I will do it.

⁴ The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow:
    “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

³⁷ Who can command things to happen
    without the Lord’s permission?

“In my anger I took an oath:
    ‘They will never enter my place of rest,’”^[a]