God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown
Isaiah 14:24-27
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Isa.14.24 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- נשבע: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- צבאות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- לאמר: INF,qal,infc
- אם: CONJ
- לא: PART_NEG
- כאשר: CONJ
- דמיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
- כן: ADV
- היתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- וכאשר: CONJ
- יעצתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
- היא: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
- תקום: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
Parallels
- Isaiah 14:27 (structural): Immediate parallel in context: repeats the theme that the LORD of hosts has purposed a thing and none can annul it, closely echoing the certainty of God's decree in 14:24.
- Isaiah 46:10 (verbal): God declares his purpose and sovereignly proclaims that his counsel will stand and he will accomplish what he pleases—language and theme nearly identical to 14:24.
- Proverbs 19:21 (verbal): Contrasts human plans with divine purpose: 'Many are the plans... but the counsel of the LORD— it will stand,' echoing the irrevocability of God's decree in Isaiah 14:24.
- Psalm 33:11 (verbal): Affirms that 'the counsel of the LORD stands forever,' paralleling the assertion that God's devised plan will come to pass as stated in 14:24.
- Job 23:13 (thematic): Expresses the theme that God alone carries out his purpose and none can turn him, resonating with Isaiah's claim that God's counsel will be fulfilled.
Alternative generated candidates
- The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, “As I have devised, so shall it be; as I have planned, so shall it stand.”
- The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have purposed, so shall it be; as I have planned, so shall it stand."
Isa.14.25 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לשבר: VERB,qal,inf
- אשור: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- בארצי: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs,poss:1s
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- הרי: NOUN,m,pl,def
- אבוסנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,1,pl
- וסר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- מעליהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
- עלו: PREP+3ms_suff
- וסבלו: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
- מעל: PREP
- שכמו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- יסור: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Isaiah 10:24-27 (thematic): Promises deliverance from Assyrian oppression and speaks of removing the yoke and burden from Israel—same theme of God breaking Assyria and freeing his people as in Isa 14:25.
- Micah 5:5 (thematic): Foretells that when Assyria comes into the land and treads in the palaces God will raise defenders and Israel will break his yoke—closely echoes the image and outcome of Isa 14:25.
- Isaiah 37:33-36 (structural): Narrative account of God striking down the Assyrian army (Sennacherib) and delivering Judah—an event that exemplifies the promise in Isa 14:25 to break Assyria and lift its burden.
- Zephaniah 2:13-15 (thematic): Pronounces judgment on the Assyrian/Nineveh power and the desolation of its stronghold, paralleling Isa 14:25’s theme of Assyria’s overthrow and Israel’s liberation.
Alternative generated candidates
- To break Assyria in my land, and to trample him on my mountains; then shall his yoke be taken from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders.
- To break Assyria in my land, and on my mountains to trample him underfoot; to remove his yoke from them and to lift his burden from off their shoulders.
Isa.14.26 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- זאת: DEM,f,sg
- העצה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- היעוצה: ADJ,f,sg,def
- על: PREP
- כל: DET
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- וזאת: CONJ+DEM,f,sg
- היד: NOUN,f,sg,def
- הנטויה: ADJ,f,sg,def
- על: PREP
- כל: DET
- הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
Parallels
- Isaiah 14:24 (verbal): Same oracle context and similar wording about the LORD’s fixed counsel and purpose being carried out over the earth (’this is the counsel’/’this is the hand’ echoes the chapter’s decretal language).
- Isaiah 46:10 (thematic): Declares God’s sovereign counsel and purpose established from the beginning (‘my counsel shall stand’), thematically matching Isaiah 14:26’s emphasis on a divine plan for all nations.
- Psalm 33:10-11 (verbal): Contrasts the frustrated plans of nations with the enduring counsel of the LORD (‘the counsel of the LORD stands forever’), a close verbal and theological parallel to the declared divine plan over all the earth.
- Proverbs 19:21 (verbal): ‘Many are the plans… but the counsel of the LORD will stand’—a proverbial restatement of the notion that human designs yield to God’s settled purpose, directly echoing Isaiah 14:26.
- Daniel 4:35 (thematic): Affirms God’s absolute sovereignty over nations and peoples (‘none can stay his hand’/‘doeth according to his will’), paralleling the image of God’s outstretched hand over all the nations in Isaiah 14:26.
Alternative generated candidates
- This is the counsel determined concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand outstretched over all the nations.
- This is the counsel resolved against the whole earth, this is the outstretched hand over all the nations.
Isa.14.27 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- כי: CONJ
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- צבאות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- יעץ: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- ומי: PRON,interr
- יפר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- וידו: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הנטויה: ADJ,f,sg,def
- ומי: PRON,interr
- ישיבנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,OBJ,3,f,sg
Parallels
- Isaiah 46:10 (thematic): Affirms God's sovereign decree—He declares the end from the beginning and his counsel will stand, echoing the idea that God's purpose cannot be frustrated.
- Job 42:2 (verbal): Job's confession that God can do all things and that no purpose of His can be prevented parallels Isaiah's claim that who can annul God's counsel or turn back His outstretched hand?
- Daniel 4:35 (verbal): Declares that God does according to His will among heaven and earth and that no one can restrain His hand—language and theme closely mirror Isaiah's assertion of irresistible divine action.
- Psalm 33:10-11 (structural): Contrasts human plans being brought to nothing with the enduring counsel of the LORD, paralleling Isaiah's emphasis that God's counsel stands and cannot be annulled.
- Proverbs 19:21 (thematic): States that many plans exist but the counsel of the LORD will stand, reflecting the same theme of the supremacy and inviolability of God's purpose.
Alternative generated candidates
- For the LORD of hosts has planned—who will annul it? His outstretched hand—who will turn it back?
- For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who will annul it? His outstretched hand—who will turn it back?
The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have devised, so shall it be; as I have planned, so shall it stand."
To break Assyria in my land and to trample him underfoot on my mountains; then shall his yoke depart from them, and his burden from off their shoulders.
This is the counsel purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand outstretched over all the nations.
For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can annul it? His hand is outstretched—who can turn it back?