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Isaiah 46:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I call a bird of prey  from the east, a man for my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. I have planned it; I will also do it.

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God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfil?


But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him? He does what he desires.


Who has stirred up someone from the east? In righteousness he calls him to serve.  ,, The Lord hands nations over to him, and he subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like wind-driven stubble with his bow.


In him we have also received an inheritance,  because we were predestined  according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will,


but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.’ They were persuaded by him.


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


This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.


This is according to his eternal purpose  accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.


Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans:  Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them.


‘I have stirred up one from the north,  and he has come, one from the east  who invokes my   name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud, like a potter who treads the clay.


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


You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.


Summon the archers to Babylon, all who string the bow; camp all round her; let none escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do the same to her, for she has acted arrogantly against the  Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.


I have stirred him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild my city, and set my exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,’ says the Lord of Armies.


who says to Cyrus,  ‘My shepherd, he will fulfil all my pleasure’ and says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Its foundation will be laid.’


The sixth  poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,  and its water was dried up  to prepare the way for the kings from the east.


They will all be left for the birds of prey on the hills and for the wild animals of the land. The birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, and all the wild animals the winter.


On that day’ #– #the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.’ Indeed, the Lord has spoken.


Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.


All you animals of the field and forest, come and eat!


Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number,  and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to stay there for a while, will know whose word stands, mine or theirs!


But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, ‘I  will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.’


Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.


‘Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets  , of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon  away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ’





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