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27 For the Lord of All has planned, and who can keep it from happening? Who can turn His hand back?

God Will Destroy the Philistines

28 In the year that King Ahaz died this special word came: 29 “Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the special stick that made it hard for you is broken. One snake dies and a worse one comes, a snake that can fly.

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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)

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(D) came in the year(E) King Ahaz(F) died:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(G)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(H)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(I)

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