Isaiah 14:26

Isaiah 14:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
• New International Version (NIV)This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth, And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

Context of Isaiah 14:26

24The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. 25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. 27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back? 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

Isaiah 14:26 word by word

זֹ֛את הָעֵצָ֥ה הַיְּעוּצָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְזֹ֛את הַיָּ֥ד הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• is the planעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• devisedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• forעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• stretched outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:26

• Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
• Zephaniah 3:6“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26This is the purpose - This is the sum of the whole design - a design that embraces the destruction both of the king of Assyria, and of Babylon. Upon the whole earth - The successive kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia embraced the whole earth, and to destroy them would in fact affect all the nations.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-27Verses 24-27 Let those that make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people, see what they are to expect. Let those that are the called according to God's purpose, comfort themselves, that whatever God has purposed, it shall stand. The Lord of hosts has purposed to break the Assyrian's yoke; his hand is stretched out to execute this purpose; who has power to turn it back? By such dispensations of providence, the Almighty shows in the most convincing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The Lord’s power over Assyria is just one example of his sovereignty over the whole earth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. This is ... purpose ... whole earth--A hint that the prophecy embraces the present world of all ages in its scope, of which the purpose concerning Babylon and Assyria, the then representatives of the world power, is but a part. hand ... stretched out upon--namely, in punishment (Is 5:25).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:26

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Isaiah
• Nation

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Commentaries on Isaiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings