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26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;
my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”[a]
27 Indeed,[b] the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a plan,
and who can possibly frustrate it?
His hand is ready to strike,
and who can possibly stop it?[c]

The Lord Will Judge the Philistines

28 This oracle[d] came in the year that King Ahaz died:[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:26 tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.”
  2. Isaiah 14:27 tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
  3. Isaiah 14:27 tn Heb “His hand is outstretched, and who will turn it back?”
  4. Isaiah 14:28 tn See note at Isa 13:1.
  5. Isaiah 14:28 sn Perhaps 715 b.c., but the precise date is uncertain.

26 This is the plan(A) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(B) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(C) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(D) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(E)

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(F) came in the year(G) King Ahaz(H) died:

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