Isaiah 37:26

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Summary

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

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Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

I form light and create darkness,
I make success and create disaster;
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.

You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.

Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?
If a disaster occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?

Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

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A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.