New English Translation
Isaiah 14:26
26This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”
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 who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen. 25I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders. This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” 27Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it? 28In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed:
Read all of Isaiah 14Isaiah 14:26 word by word
זֹ֛את הָעֵצָ֥ה הַיְּעוּצָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְזֹ֛את הַיָּ֥ד הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 14:26
- Isaiah 5:25So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
- Zephaniah 3:6“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.
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
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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
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