Holy Scripture

Isaiah 14:24

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 24, 25.) The Lord of hosts swore, saying: If it shall not be as I thought, so it shall be, and as I devised it in my mind, so shall it come to pass, that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken of…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

24Thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so the matter shall remain:

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In context

22And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus saith the Lord.

23And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell there, and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.

— Isaiah 14:24 —

25even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.

26This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

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