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Isaiah 14:26
26I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon 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 of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath: “It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided. 25I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads. I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations. 27The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken— who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?” 28This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:26
- Isaiah 5:25That is why the Lord’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the Lord’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!
- Zephaniah 3:6“I have wiped out many nations, devastating their fortress walls and towers. Their streets are now deserted; their cities lie in silent ruin. There are no survivors— none at all.
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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