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

On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.

When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."

Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:

"Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;

A ravenous bird

You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

The man

who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'"

I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward," says the LORD of hosts.

"Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

I have spoken

The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.

Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!" So they took his advice,

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

General references

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.

thus says the Lord GOD: "'It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.

See, I have told you beforehand.

This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,