Isaiah 14:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • 2 Chr 20:6 : 6 And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
  • Job 9:12 : 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Isa 9:12 : 12 Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 23:9 : 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.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • 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.
  • Isa 46:11 : 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 4:28 : 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.
  • Jer 51:59 : 59 The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.
  • Dan 4:31-35 : 31 While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you: 32 And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure. 33 That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his nails like those of birds. 34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation. 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

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