Isaiah 46:11 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 46:11

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

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ASV

calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

KJV

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

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Commentary

4 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:31 (339)

Who other can this be than his Christ, who, it says, has been called from a distant land, that is, from the innermost part of Hades? All the things I have announced before him, I will bring into action through him.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 4:3.46:8-13 (444)

For he says "I am the one possessing knowledge of all, and whatever happens, I give notice of it beforehand." That which is announced, I execute … for what the holy God wills, who will thwart it? And who will avert his hand when it is raised?… We take the bird that is called from the east and from a far land to be the Babylonian, who scorched all the territory of the Jews, took Jerusalem and ruined the temple. They removed both ordinary flock and the leading birds among them and forced them into the region of the Persians.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, if God give him a call, he will give him success. He is the man that shall execute God's counsel, though he comes from a far country and knows nothing of the matter. Note, Even those that know not, and mind not, God's revealed will, are made use of to fulfil the counsels of his secret will, which shall all be punctually accomplished in their season by what hand he pleases.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Calling a ravenous bird from the east - There can be no doubt that Cyrus is intended here (see the notes at Isa 41:2, Isa 41:25). The east here means Persia. The word rendered ‘ravenous bird’ (עיט ‛ayiṭ) is rendered ‘fowl’ in Job 28:7; ‘bird’ or ‘birds’ in Jer 12:9; ‘fowls’ in Gen 15:11; Isa 18:6; and ‘ravenous birds’ in Eze 39:4. It does not occur elsewhere in the Bible.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קֹרֵ֤א	ko.Re'	[one who] calls	H7121 →
מִמִּזְרָח֙	mi.miz.Rach	from [the] east	H4217 →
עַ֔יִט	'A.yit	a bird of prey	H5861 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from a land of	H776 →
מֶרְחָ֖ק	mer.Chak	distance	H4801 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	a man of	H376 →
עֲצָתִ֑י	a.tza.ti	purpose my	H6098 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙	di.Bar.ti	I have spoken	H1696 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
אֲבִיאֶ֔נָּה	'a.vi.'E.nah	I will bring it	H935 →
יָצַ֖רְתִּי	ya.Tzar.ti	I have planned	H3335 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
אֶעֱשֶֽׂנָּה׃ ס	'e.'e.Se.nah	I will accomplish it	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:29
  Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Hebrews 6:18
  Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Titus 1:2
  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Through
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
leads to
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- 1 Peter 1:4
  and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Through
Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
leads to
- Psalms 115:3
  Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah