¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(E) a bird of prey;^(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(G) that I will do.^(H)

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)

³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(A)

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

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?
²⁰ I have received a command to bless;^(E)
    he has blessed,^(F) and I cannot change it.^(G)