Isaiah 14 · Verse 27

Isaiah 14:27

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah 14:27, King James Version

Isaiah 14:27 in other translations

BSBThe LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
WEBFor the LORD of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
ASVFor Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
YLTFor Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'
DARBYFor Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
BBEFor it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
WebsterFor the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

What does Isaiah 14:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. (Da 4:35).

Is 14:28-32. Prophecy against Philistia.

To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah (2Ch 26:6); but in the reign of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 14:24-27

Let those that make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people, see what they are to expect. Let those that are the called according to God's purpose, comfort themselves, that whatever God has purposed, it shall stand. The Lord of hosts has purposed to break the Assyrian's yoke; his hand is stretched out to execute this purpose; who has power to turn it back? By such dispensations of providence, the Almighty…

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Isaiah 14:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
יָעָ֖ץya.'Atzhe has plannedH3289
וּמִ֣יu.Miand who?H4310
יָפֵ֑רya.Ferwill he frustrate [it]H6565
וְיָד֥וֹve.ya.Doand [is] hand hisH3027
הַנְּטוּיָ֖הha.ne.tu.Yahthe [one] stretched outH5186
וּֽמִ֥יu.Miand who?H4310
יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה\׃\ \פye.shi.Ve.nahwill he turn back itH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 14:27

  • Isaiah 43:13

    Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

  • Job 23:13

    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:6

    And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

  • Proverbs 21:30

    There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

  • Job 9:12

    Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Proverbs 19:21

    There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • Psalms 33:11

    The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Isaiah 46:11

    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.

  • Jeremiah 4:28

    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

  • Isaiah 23:9

    The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
23:9; 43:13; 46:11; Job 40:8; Jer 4:28; 51:59; Ro 8:28,31
his.
9:12; 2Ch 20:6; Job 9:12; 23:13; Ps 33:11; Pr 19:21; 21:30
Da 4:31-35

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Context

  • Isaiah 14:26

    This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

  • Isaiah 14:27

    For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • Isaiah 14:28

    In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

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Isaiah 14:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Jehová de los ejércitos ha determinado: ¿y quién invalidará? Y su mano extendida, ¿quién la hará tornar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car l’ Éternel des armées a pris ce conseil, et qui l’annulera? Et sa main est étendue, et qui la lui fera retirer?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Jehova der Heerscharen hat es beschlossen, und wer wird es vereiteln? und seine ausgestreckte Hand-wer könnte sie abwenden?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus enim exercituum decrevit; et quis poterit infirmare? et manus ejus extenta; et quis avertet eam?