Focused Passage
The Fall of Babylon’s King, the LORD’s Unbreakable Purpose, and the Oracle Against Philistia
The chapter moves from the LORD’s compassion and restoration of Jacob, to Israel’s rest from bondage, to a taunt against the king of Babylon, to the descent of the proud oppressor into Sheol, to the exposure of his failed ambition to ascend above God, to his dishonored end, to the LORD’s decree against Babylon’s descendants, to the LORD’s purpose against Assyria, and finally to the warning against Philistia and the security of Zion.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
24The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
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