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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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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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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“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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11 This was (A)according to the eternal purpose that he has realized 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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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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On a bare hill (A)raise a signal;
    cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for (B)them to enter
    the gates of the nobles.
I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
    and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
    my proudly exulting ones.[a]

The sound (C)of a tumult is on the mountains
    as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
    of nations gathering together!
(D)The Lord of hosts is mustering
    a host for battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty

24 Your testimonies are my (A)delight;
    they are my (B)counselors.

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10 Surely (A)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.

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  1. Psalm 76:10 Or extremity

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

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(A)You shall fall on (B)the mountains of Israel, you and all your (C)hordes and the peoples who are with you. (D)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
    with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
    with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
    with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23     with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
    with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.

24 (E)“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
declares the Lord,
    which destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you,
    and roll you down from the crags,
    (F)and make you a burnt mountain.
26 No (G)stone shall be taken from you for a corner
    and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be (H)a perpetual waste,
    declares the Lord.

27 (I)“Set up a standard on the earth;
    (J)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(K)prepare (L)the nations for war against her;
    summon against her (M)the kingdoms,
    (N)Ararat, Minni, and (O)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (P)marshal against her;
    (Q)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 (R)Prepare (S)the nations for war against her,
    the kings of (T)the Medes, (U)with their governors (V)and deputies,
    and every (W)land under their dominion.
29 (X)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
    (Y)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
    without inhabitant.

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29 (A)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (B)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (C)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (D)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

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13 (A)I have stirred him up in righteousness,
    (B)and I will make all his ways level;
(C)he shall build my city
    (D)and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
    says the Lord of hosts.

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28 who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is (B)my shepherd,
    and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
    (C)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

Cyrus, God's Instrument

45 Thus says the Lord to (D)his anointed, to Cyrus,
    (E)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
    and (F)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
    that gates may not be closed:
“I will go before you
    and (G)level the exalted places,[a]
(H)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
    and cut through the bars of iron,
(I)I will give you the treasures of darkness
    and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
    the God of Israel, (J)who call you by your name.
For the sake of my servant Jacob,
    and Israel my chosen,
(K)I call you by your name,
    (L)I name you, though you do not know me.
(M)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
    besides me there is no God;
    (N)I equip you, though you do not know me,
(O)that people may know, from the rising of the sun
    and from the west, that there is none besides me;
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains

When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
    riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
    very diligently.”
Then he who saw cried out:[a]
(A)“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
    continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
    whole nights.
And behold, here come riders,
    horsemen in pairs!”
(B)And he answered,
    (C)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(D)and all the carved images of her gods
    he has shattered to the ground.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion

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