The Purposes of the Lord of Hosts

 

Isaiah 14:24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
“As I have planned, so shall it be,
and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
25 that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and his yoke shall depart from them,
    and his burden from their shoulder.”
26 This is the purpose that is purposed
    concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
    over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
    and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
    and who will turn it back?

As Isaiah spoke for the Lord, there was a lot of bad news - especially concerning how the Assyrians would treat the Northern Kingdom of Israel. God was going to work out His purposes to chastise Israel, but it was not going to stop there. The tool of His chastisement, Assyria, would be dealt with, and there was still a future for the reunited people of Jacob. God's purposes will not be thwarted. Do we believe the promise of His completed purposes?