Assyria Will Be Destroyed

24 The Lord of Armies has sworn:

As I have purposed, so it will be;
as I have planned it, so it will happen.(A)
25 I will break Assyria(B) in my land;
I will tread him down on my mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
26 This is the plan(C) prepared
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand stretched out
against all the nations.
27 The Lord of Armies himself has planned it;
therefore, who can stand in its way?
It is his hand that is outstretched,
so 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