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For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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God's Unbreakable Purpose
Commentators unanimously affirm that this verse is a powerful declaration of God's absolute sovereignty. His plans, once purposed, cannot be canceled or changed by any human power, army, or political scheme. As John Calvin notes, this verse speaks disdainfully of any created thing attempting to oppose God's will. His decree is final and its execution is certain.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Lord of hosts—(see the note at Isaiah 1:9).
Who shall annul it?—Who has power to defeat His purposes? Difficult as the…
19th Century
Anglican
His hand is stretched out. —Literally, and more emphatically, His is the outstretched hand.
Baptist
And cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools…
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16th Century
Protestant
For the Lord of hosts hath decreed. Isaiah here employs what may be regarded as a concluding exclamation, to confirm more fully the preced…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the Lord of hosts has purposed What is before declared, the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of the Assyrian…
Let those who make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people see what they are to expect. Let those who are the called according to God's purp…
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13th Century
Catholic
409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…
