Isaiah 14:24

Context

14:24 ¹The 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.

Isaiah 28:18

Context

28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved;²

your agreement³ with Sheol will not last.⁴

When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by,⁵

you will be overrun by it.⁶

Isaiah 46:10

Context

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand⁷ what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

[14:24] ¹sn 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.

[28:18] ²tn On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.

[28:18] ³tn Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.

[28:18] ⁴tn Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).

[28:18] ⁵tn See the note at v. 15.

[28:18] ⁶tn Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”

[46:10] ³tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”