Isaiah 14:27

14:27 Indeed, ¹  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? ² 

Isaiah 29:12

29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ³  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ⁴ 

Isaiah 33:14

33:14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;

panic ⁵  grips the godless. ⁶ 

They say, ⁷  ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?

Who among us can coexist with unquenchable ⁸  fire?’

Isaiah 43:13

43:13 From this day forward I am he;

no one can deliver from my power; ⁹ 

I will act, and who can prevent it?”

Isaiah 64:12

64:12 In light of all this, ¹⁰  how can you still hold back, Lord?

How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

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¹ tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”

³ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

⁴ tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”

⁵ tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”

⁶ tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”

⁷ tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁹ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”