Isaiah 46:11

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Summary

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Calling

A ravenous bird

Ezekiel 39:4

The man

I have spoken

General references

Bible References

Calling

Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.

And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.

Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.

The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

A ravenous bird

On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.

The man

Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.

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.

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.

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

I have spoken

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

What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

General references

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

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

See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: