14:24 1 The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:
“Be sure of this:
Just as I have intended, so it will be;
just as I have planned, it will happen.
14:26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;
my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” 2
14:27 Indeed, 3 the Lord who commands armies has a plan,
and who can possibly frustrate it?
His hand is ready to strike,
and who can possibly stop it? 4
1 sn Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian power of Isaiah’s day, would be annihilated, foreshadowing what would subsequently happen to Babylon and the other hostile nations.
2 tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.”
3 tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”