Isaiah 14:24

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The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

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  • Acts 4:28 : 28 To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
  • Jer 44:26 : 26 And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Amos 8:7 : 7 The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
  • Ps 92:5 : 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
  • Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
  • Heb 4:3 : 3 For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
  • Heb 6:16-18 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath; 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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  • Isa 14:25-27
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    25 To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.

    26 This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

    27 For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

  • Isa 14:22-23
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    22 For I will come up against them, says the Lord of armies, cutting off from Babylon name and offspring, son and son's son, says the Lord.

    23 And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.

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    14 I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.

    15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Zech 8:14-15
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    14 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:

    15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

  • 23 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.

  • 56 And it will come about that as it was my purpose to do to them, so I will do to you.

  • 9 It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

  • Jer 4:27-28
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    27 For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.

    28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

  • 24 For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

  • 14 The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.

  • Isa 10:11-12
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    11 So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.

    12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.

  • 18 By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.

  • Isa 46:10-11
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    10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

    11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.

  • 8 It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

  • 17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

  • 26 And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.

  • 13 I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.

  • 7 This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.

  • 4 This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;

  • 10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

  • 14 Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

  • 8 See, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord; this is the day of which I have given word.

  • 18 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.

  • 12 Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.

  • 25 In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be cut down, and in its fall the weight hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has said it.

  • 23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

  • 25 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

  • 25 And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

  • 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

  • 32 For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

  • 13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

  • 10 And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

  • 14 For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • 9 For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.

  • 28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

  • 3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

  • 14 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give effect to the good word which I have said about the people of Israel and the people of Judah.

  • 14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.

  • Isa 37:33-34
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    33 For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.

    34 By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town.

  • 7 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

  • 3 The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.