Isaiah 14:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is the plan prepared for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out against all the nations. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the [Lord's] purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth [regarded as conquered and put under tribute by Assyria]; and this is [His omnipotent] hand that is stretched out over all the nations. American Standard Version (1901) This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. Common English Bible This is the plan that has been made for all the earth; this is the hand extended over all the nations. Catholic Public Domain Version This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the counsel that I have purposed upon all the earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. |
Many plans are in a person’s heart, but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
He stretched out his hand over the sea; he made kingdoms tremble. The Lord has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.
The Lord of Armies planned it, to desecrate all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the honoured ones of the earth.
He will spread out his arms in the middle of it, as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, along with the trickery of his hands.
Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like rubbish in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: ‘Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.
He will also stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin, dry as the desert.