Isaiah 46:11

Isaiah 46:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
• New International Version (NIV)From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.

Context of Isaiah 46:11

9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me. 10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will. I call a bird of prey from the east, a man for my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. I have planned it; I will also do it. 12Listen to me, you hardhearted, far removed from justice: 13I am bringing my justice near; it is not far away, and my salvation will not delay. I will put salvation in Zion, my splendor in Israel.

Isaiah 46:11 word by word

קֹרֵ֤א מִמִּזְרָח֙ עַ֔יִט מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָ֖ק אִ֣ישׁ עֲצָתִ֑י אַף־דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ אַף־אֲבִיאֶ֔נָּה יָצַ֖רְתִּי אַף־אֶעֱשֶֽׂנָּה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Callingקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• a ravenous birdעַ֫יִט‛ayiţ · bird of preyH5861
• from the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that executeth my counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• from a farמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
• countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• yea, I have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• I will also bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• it to pass; I have purposedיָצַרyâtsar · to form: planH3335
• I will also doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Isaiah 46:11

• Isaiah 13:2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.
• Isaiah 21:7When he sees riders — pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels — he must pay close attention.”
• Isaiah 41:2Who has stirred up someone from the east? In righteousness he calls him to serve. The Lord hands nations over to him, and he subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
• Isaiah 45:1The Lord says this to Cyrus, his anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and disarm kings, to open doors before him, and even city gates will not be shut:
• Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers to Babylon, all who string the bow; camp all around her; let none escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do the same to her, for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 51:20You are my war club, my weapons of war. With you I will smash nations; with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.
• Ezekiel 39:4You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.
• Isaiah 44:28who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd, he will fulfill all my pleasure” and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
• Isaiah 45:13I have stirred him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild my city, and set my exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,” says the Lord of Armies.
• Isaiah 48:14All of you, assemble and listen! Who among the idols has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he will accomplish his will against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
• Ezra 1:2This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.
• Psalms 76:10Even human wrath will praise you; you will clothe yourself with the wrath that remains.
• Acts 4:28to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.
• Psalms 119:24your decrees are my delight and my counselors.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord of Armies has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.
• Isaiah 38:15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

Commentaries on Isaiah 46:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Calling a ravenous bird from the east "Calling from the east the eagle" - A very proper emblem for Cyrus, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, , the very word עיט ayit, which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters. Xenoph. Cyrop. lib. 7 sub. init. Kimchi says his father understood this, not of Cyrus, but of the Messiah. From a far country "From a land far distant" - Two MSS. add…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Calling a ravenous bird from the east - There can be no doubt that Cyrus is intended here (see the notes at Isaiah 41:2, Isaiah 41:25). The east here means Persia. The word rendered ravenous bird‘ (עיט ‛ayiṭ ) is rendered fowl‘ in Job 28:7; bird‘ or birds‘ in Jeremiah 12:9; fowls‘ in Genesis 15:11; Isaiah 18:6; and ravenous birds‘ in Ezekiel 39:4. It does not occur elsewhere in the Bible. It is used here as an emblem of a warlike king, and the emblem may…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the profuseness of idolaters shame the niggardliness of many who call themselves God's servants, but are for a religion which costs them nothing! The service of sin always costs a great deal. God puts it to them what senseless, helpless things idols are. Let, then, the Jews show themselves men, avoiding such abominations. Many Scripture prophecies, delivered…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The swift bird of prey from the east refers to Cyrus, the Persian king (see study note on Isaiah 41:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. ravenous bird--Cyrus so called on account of the rapidity of his marches from the distant regions of Persia to pounce on his prey (see on Is 41:2; Is 41:25; Jr 49:22; Eze 17:3). The standard of Cyrus, too, was a golden eagle on a spear (see the heathen historian, Xenophon, 7, where almost the same word is used, aetos, as here, ayit). executeth my counsel--(Is 44:28; 45:13). Babylon represents, mystically, the apostate faction: the destruction of its…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 46:11

• Birds
• Cyrus
• Persia

In the dictionaries

• Eagle
• Pleasure
• Purpose
• Birds
• Fowl
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Raven; Ravin
• Saviour
• Unchangeable; Unchangeableness

Commentaries on Isaiah 46

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings