Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:27 
Context14:27 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
Context29:12 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
Context33:14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;
They say, 7 ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?
Who among us can coexist with unquenchable 8 fire?’
Isaiah 43:13
Context43:13 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
Context64:12 In light of all this, 10 how can you still hold back, Lord?
How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
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.”
