Isaiah 14:27

Isaiah 14:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• New International Version (NIV)For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?”

Context of Isaiah 14:27

25I will destroy the Assyrians who are in my land. I will knock them down on my mountains. They will no longer be cruel to my people. My people will not be their slaves any more. 26That is what I have decided for the whole earth. I am ready to show my power against all the nations.’ Yes, the Lord Almighty has decided what he will do. Nobody can change it. He is ready to show his power. Nobody can stop it. 28In the year that King Ahaz died, God showed this message to Isaiah: 29Do not feel happy, you Philistine people. God has destroyed the king who was attacking you. That king hit you with a big stick, but a dangerous snake will follow! And that snake will give birth to an even more dangerous snake that moves very fast.

Isaiah 14:27 word by word

כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• hath purposedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• and who shall disannulפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• and his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• stretched outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• and who shall turn it backשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:27

• Isaiah 23:9The Lord Almighty did that! He decided to show that the pride of those people is useless. He decided to bring all those famous people down low.
• Isaiah 43:13‘Today and every day, I am God. If I hold you in my hand, nobody can take you away from my power. When I do something, nobody can change it.’
• Isaiah 46:11Now I will call somebody to come from the east. He will come down quickly, like an eagle that catches small birds to eat. He will come from a country that is far away. He will do for me what I want to do. Yes, I will surely do what I have decided to do. I have given the command, and I will cause it to happen.
• Job 40:8Do you say that I am not a fair judge? Do you want to show that I am guilty, not you? Then you could say that you are right.
• Jeremiah 4:28So the earth will be sad and weep. The sky will become dark. I have said what I will do. And I will not change my thoughts. I will do as I have decided.’
• Jeremiah 51:59This is the command that the prophet Jeremiah gave to the king's officer Seraiah. Seraiah was the son of Neriah and the grandson of Mahseiah. He took the message when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. That happened in the fourth year that Zedekiah had ruled Judah as king.
• Romans 8:28We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.
• Isaiah 9:12Syria's army came from the east. The Philistines' army came from the west. They destroyed Israel's land, like a hungry animal. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit them again.
• 2 Chronicles 20:6He prayed, ‘Lord, you are the God of our ancestors. You are the God who is in heaven and you rule over all kingdoms and nations. You are strong and powerful. Nobody can fight against you and win.
• Job 9:12If God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?”
• Job 23:13But he is always true to himself. Nobody can change him. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
• Psalms 33:11But whatever the Lord decides to do will always happen. His thoughts will not change from one century to the next.
• Proverbs 19:21You may have lots of ideas about what you want to do. But it is the Lord's plans that are important.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no knowledge and no advice that can win against the Lord.
• Daniel 4:31While King Nebuchadnezzar was still boasting about his power, he heard a voice from heaven. It said, ‘I am speaking to you, King Nebuchadnezzar. I have taken away your authority to rule as king!

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27For the Lord of hosts - (see the note at Isaiah 1:9). Who shall disannul it? - Who has power to defeat his purposes? Difficult as they may be in appearance, and incredible as their fulfillment may seem, yet his purposes are formed in full view of all the circumstances; and there is no power to resist his arm, or to turn him aside from the execution of his designs. By this assurance God designed to comfort his people when they should be in Babylon in a…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. 24-27This prophecy continues to declare judgment on Assyria (see Isaiah 10). Placing this prophecy after the judgment against Babylon suggests a close connection between Assyria and Babylon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Da 4:35). To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah (2Ch 26:6); but in the reign of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:27

• Assyria
• Isaiah
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Besom
• Fall
• Fashion
• Feller
• Hard
• Lie
• Rule
• Serve
• Annul; Disannul

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