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Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

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ASV

Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

KJV

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲלֽוֹא־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808 →
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.tahave you heardH8085 →
לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOk<to> from distant [time]H7350 →
אוֹתָ֣הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
עָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiI appointedH6213 →
מִ֥ימֵיMi.meifrom days ofH3117 →
קֶ֖דֶםKe.demantiquityH6924 →
וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haand I planned itH3335 →
עַתָּ֣ה'a.TahnowH6258 →
הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָha.ve.Ti.haI have brought itH935 →
וּתְהִ֗יu.te.Hiand you areH1961 →
לְהַשְׁא֛וֹתle.hash.'ot[about] to make desolateH7582 →
גַּלִּ֥יםga.LimheapsH1530 →
נִצִּ֖יםni.TzimruinedH5327 →
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892 →
בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotfortifiedH1219 →

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Jeremiah 51:20“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.Acts 4:27–28In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.Isaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.Jeremiah 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.Isaiah 25:1–2O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.Isaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.Isaiah 22:11You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.Isaiah 54:16Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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