For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?

Isaiah 14:1-27

The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. 

On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens;

I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.

But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord Almighty.

For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Why?

Salvation belongs to the Lord, God has compassion on Jacob.

On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forces on you, This is the mercy of the Lord that comes upon Israel and us.

We may join Israel to get the mercy of the Lord, salvation comes upon everyone who trusts in Jesus Christ.

No matter how great in the world, or be a king but on the day of the Lord be brought down to the realm of the dead, the same as other evil men.

The Lord Almighty has purposed, and no one can thwart him. No one can turn God's hand back.

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為巴比倫哀悼的詩歌！

此預言仍未應驗！以色列人歸回但是還沒有完全應驗。

4-8 為暴君的死亡喜樂。

9-11 陰間的情況：以前的君王歡喜巴比倫也下來了！

12-15 巴比倫以前說過狂妄的話

16-21 用旁觀者身份來說巴比倫王, 沒有後代

以賽亞預言這些時亞述還在，以神正在擊打亞述王希拿基立來證明，以後的巴比倫王的結果，證明神的話應驗。

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How?

Fear the Lord and give thanks to the Lord. Praise the Lord Almighty.