This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
26. This purpose which is purposed upon the whole earth. The Lord is not satisfied with one or two confirmations, and can scarcely refrain from proclaiming it more and more abundantly, because he knows well that our minds are naturally prone to distrust. No confirmation suffices for us, even though his promises be frequent and copious and solemn.
The destruction of Babylon and the Chaldean empire was a thing at a great distance; the empire had not risen to any considerable height when its fall was here foretold: it was almost 200 years from this prediction of Babylon's fall to the accomplishment of it.
Commenting on Isaiah 14:24-32
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, &c. Or, "counsel that is counselled". The Targum is, "all the inhabitants of the earth;'' and the Septuagint version, "the whole world", meaning the Assyrian empire, and all states depending on it; as the Roman empire is called, Luk 2:1 for this purpose respects not the end of the world, and the judgment of...