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Yahweh’s Plan to Break Assyrian Rule

24 Yahweh of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, (A)just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have counseled so it will stand, 25 to (B)break Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his (C)yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder. 26 This is the (D)counsel that is counseled against the whole earth; and this is the (E)hand that is stretched out against all the nations. 27 For (F)Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”

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24 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies has sworn:

“Surely as I have planned,
    that’s what she[a] will become;[b]
and just as I have determined,
    so will it remain—
25 to crush the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke[c] will turn away from you,[d]
    and his burden from your[e] shoulders.”

26 “This is what I’ve planned
    for the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
    over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has planned,
    and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out,
    and who can turn it back?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:24 I.e. Babylon
  2. Isaiah 14:24 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads so has she been
  3. Isaiah 14:25 I.e. Assyria’s oppressive domination
  4. Isaiah 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from them
  5. Isaiah 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads their