Daniel 4:35 世上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你做什么呢？”

4:35 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你做什么呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 地上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上万军和地上居民中，他都凭自己的旨意行事。无人能拦住他的手，或问他说，你在做什么呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 地上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上万军和地上居民中，他都凭自己的旨意行事。无人能拦住他的手，或问他说，你在做什么呢？
当代译本 - 世人都微不足道，祂在天军和世人中独行其旨，无人能拦阻祂的手，或质问祂的作为。
圣经新译本 - 地上所有的居民，在他来说都是虚无；在天上的万军中，他凭自己的意旨行事；在地上的居民中，也是这样；没有人能拦住他的手，或问他说：‘你作什么？’
中文标准译本 - 地上所有的居民都算为无有，他照着自己的旨意对待天上的众军和地上的居民。没有人能拦住他的手，或对他说：“你做什么？”
现代标点和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无，在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你做什么呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无，在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你作什么呢？”
New International Version - All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
New International Reader's Version - He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him, “What have you done?”
English Standard Version - all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
New Living Translation - All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Christian Standard Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
New American Standard Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
New King James Version - All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Amplified Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth; And no one can hold back His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
American Standard Version - and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
King James Version - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
New English Translation - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
World English Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
新標點和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上的萬軍和世上的居民中，他都憑自己的意旨行事。無人能攔住他手，或問他說，你做甚麼呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 地上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上萬軍和地上居民中，他都憑自己的旨意行事。無人能攔住他的手，或問他說，你在做甚麼呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 地上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上萬軍和地上居民中，他都憑自己的旨意行事。無人能攔住他的手，或問他說，你在做甚麼呢？
當代譯本 - 世人都微不足道，祂在天軍和世人中獨行其旨，無人能攔阻祂的手，或質問祂的作為。
聖經新譯本 - 地上所有的居民，在他來說都是虛無；在天上的萬軍中，他憑自己的意旨行事；在地上的居民中，也是這樣；沒有人能攔住他的手，或問他說：‘你作甚麼？’
呂振中譯本 - 地上所有的居民都算不了甚麼；在天上的萬軍、和地上的居民中、他都憑自己的意旨行事；沒有人能攔住他的手，或是問他說：「你作甚麼？」
中文標準譯本 - 地上所有的居民都算為無有，他照著自己的旨意對待天上的眾軍和地上的居民。沒有人能攔住他的手，或對他說：「你做什麼？」
現代標點和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算為虛無，在天上的萬軍和世上的居民中，他都憑自己的意旨行事。無人能攔住他手，或問他說：「你做什麼呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 地上居民、悉若無有、彼於天上軍旅、地上億兆、隨意而行、無能阻其手、或詰之曰、爾何為者、
文理委辦譯本 - 斯世之億兆、藐乎其小、有如無物、天下軍旅、地下人民、上帝隨意而作、其取之、孰能禦之、其為之、孰能詰之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 世間萬民、視若虛無、天上萬軍、世上萬民、隨意而待、無能禦之、無能詰之曰、爾何為、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Ninguno de los pueblos de la tierra merece ser tomado en cuenta. Dios hace lo que quiere con los poderes celestiales y con los pueblos de la tierra. No hay quien se oponga a su poder ni quien le pida cuentas de sus actos.
현대인의 성경 - 그는 세상의 모든 사람들을 아무것도 아닌 것처럼 여기시며 하늘에 있는 천사들이나 땅에 있는 사람에게 자기 뜻대로 행하시니 그의 뜻을 거역하거나 그가 행하시는 일을 물어 볼 자가 아무도 없구나.”
リビングバイブル - 神に比べれば、地上の人間はみな無に等しい。神は、天の御使いたちの中にあっても、地上に住む人々の中にあっても、最善とお考えのことを行われる。それに対して、「どうして、こんなことをするのですか」と言って、神に挑戦したり、神を止めたりはできない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Todos os povos da terra são como nada diante dele. Ele age como lhe agrada com os exércitos dos céus e com os habitantes da terra. Ninguém é capaz de resistir à sua mão ou dizer-lhe: ‘O que fizeste?’
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đem so với Chúa, tất cả nhân loại trên thế giới chỉ là con số không. Chúa hành động theo ý muốn Ngài đối với muôn triệu ngôi sao trên trời, cũng như đối với loài người đông đảo dưới đất. Không ai có quyền ngăn chặn và chất vấn Ngài: ‘Chúa làm việc đó để làm gì?’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มวลประชาชาติในโลกนี้ล้วนไร้ค่า พระองค์ทรงมีอำนาจ ที่จะทำต่อเหล่าทูตสวรรค์ และต่อมวลประชาชาติตามชอบพระทัยของพระองค์ ไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถยับยั้งพระหัตถ์ของพระองค์ หรือกล่าวกับพระองค์ได้ว่า “พระองค์ทำอะไรนี่?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ผู้อยู่อาศัยทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดินโลกไม่สามารถกระทำสิ่งใดต่อพระองค์ได้ พระองค์ทำตามความประสงค์ของพระองค์ในหมู่ชาวสวรรค์ และผู้อยู่อาศัยทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดินโลก และไม่มีผู้ใดที่สามารถห้ามพระองค์ได้ หรือจะถามพระองค์ว่า ‘พระองค์กำลังทำอะไรอยู่’

交叉引用

Psalms 49:1 - Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don’t miss this. All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.
Job 34:29 - “If God is silent, what’s that to you? If he turns his face away, what can you do about it? But whether silent or hidden, he’s there, ruling, so that those who hate God won’t take over and ruin people’s lives.
Job 33:12 - “But let me tell you, Job, you’re wrong, dead wrong! God is far greater than any human. So how dare you haul him into court, and then complain that he won’t answer your charges? God always answers, one way or another, even when people don’t recognize his presence.
Proverbs 21:30 - Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God.
Acts 9:5 - He said, “Who are you, Master?” “I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you’ll be told what to do next.”
Job 34:21 - “He has his eyes on every man and woman. He doesn’t miss a trick. There is no night dark enough, no shadow deep enough, to hide those who do evil. God doesn’t need to gather any more evidence; their sin is an open-and-shut case. He deposes the so-called high and mighty without asking questions, and replaces them at once with others. Nobody gets by with anything; overnight, judgment is signed, sealed, and delivered. He punishes the wicked for their wickedness out in the open where everyone can see it, Because they quit following him, no longer even thought about him or his ways. Their apostasy was announced by the cry of the poor; the cry of the afflicted got God’s attention.
Job 23:13 - “But he is singular and sovereign. Who can argue with him? He does what he wants, when he wants to. He’ll complete in detail what he’s decided about me, and whatever else he determines to do. Is it any wonder that I dread meeting him? Whenever I think about it, I get scared all over again. God makes my heart sink! God Almighty gives me the shudders! I’m completely in the dark, I can’t see my hand in front of my face.”
Isaiah 14:24 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: “Exactly as I planned, it will happen. Following my blueprints, it will take shape. I will shatter the Assyrian who trespasses my land and stomp him into the dirt on my mountains. I will ban his taking and making of slaves and lift the weight of oppression from all shoulders.” This is the plan, planned for the whole earth, And this is the hand that will do it, reaching into every nation. God-of-the-Angel-Armies has planned it. Who could ever cancel such plans? His is the hand that’s reached out. Who could brush it aside?
1 Samuel 3:18 - So Samuel told him, word for word. He held back nothing. Eli said, “He is God. Let him do whatever he thinks best.”
Psalms 33:8 - Earth-creatures, bow before God; world-dwellers—down on your knees! Here’s why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so.
Psalms 33:10 - God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world’s power-schemes. God’s plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last. Blessed is the country with God for God; blessed are the people he’s put in his will.
Isaiah 45:11 - Thus God, The Holy of Israel, Israel’s Maker, says: “Do you question who or what I’m making? Are you telling me what I can or cannot do? I made earth, and I created man and woman to live on it. I handcrafted the skies and direct all the constellations in their turnings. And now I’ve got Cyrus on the move. I’ve rolled out the red carpet before him. He will build my city. He will bring home my exiles. I didn’t hire him to do this. I told him. I, God-of-the-Angel-Armies.” * * *
Romans 9:19 - Are you going to object, “So how can God blame us for anything since he’s in charge of everything? If the big decisions are already made, what say do we have in it?”
Romans 9:20 - Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn’t that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled “chosen of God,” They’d be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.
Romans 11:33 - Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do? Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice? Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes.
Matthew 11:25 - Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”
Ephesians 1:11 - It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Psalms 115:3 - Our God is in heaven doing whatever he wants to do. Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop: Carved mouths that can’t talk, painted eyes that can’t see, Tin ears that can’t hear, molded noses that can’t smell, Hands that can’t grasp, feet that can’t walk or run, throats that never utter a sound. Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你做什么呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 地上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上万军和地上居民中，他都凭自己的旨意行事。无人能拦住他的手，或问他说，你在做什么呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 地上所有的居民都算为虚无；在天上万军和地上居民中，他都凭自己的旨意行事。无人能拦住他的手，或问他说，你在做什么呢？
当代译本 - 世人都微不足道，祂在天军和世人中独行其旨，无人能拦阻祂的手，或质问祂的作为。
圣经新译本 - 地上所有的居民，在他来说都是虚无；在天上的万军中，他凭自己的意旨行事；在地上的居民中，也是这样；没有人能拦住他的手，或问他说：‘你作什么？’
中文标准译本 - 地上所有的居民都算为无有，他照着自己的旨意对待天上的众军和地上的居民。没有人能拦住他的手，或对他说：“你做什么？”
现代标点和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无，在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你做什么呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 世上所有的居民都算为虚无，在天上的万军和世上的居民中，他都凭自己的意旨行事。无人能拦住他手，或问他说：“你作什么呢？”
New International Version - All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
New International Reader's Version - He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him, “What have you done?”
English Standard Version - all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
New Living Translation - All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Christian Standard Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
New American Standard Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
New King James Version - All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Amplified Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth; And no one can hold back His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
American Standard Version - and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
King James Version - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
New English Translation - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
World English Bible - All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
新標點和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上的萬軍和世上的居民中，他都憑自己的意旨行事。無人能攔住他手，或問他說，你做甚麼呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 地上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上萬軍和地上居民中，他都憑自己的旨意行事。無人能攔住他的手，或問他說，你在做甚麼呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 地上所有的居民都算為虛無；在天上萬軍和地上居民中，他都憑自己的旨意行事。無人能攔住他的手，或問他說，你在做甚麼呢？
當代譯本 - 世人都微不足道，祂在天軍和世人中獨行其旨，無人能攔阻祂的手，或質問祂的作為。
聖經新譯本 - 地上所有的居民，在他來說都是虛無；在天上的萬軍中，他憑自己的意旨行事；在地上的居民中，也是這樣；沒有人能攔住他的手，或問他說：‘你作甚麼？’
呂振中譯本 - 地上所有的居民都算不了甚麼；在天上的萬軍、和地上的居民中、他都憑自己的意旨行事；沒有人能攔住他的手，或是問他說：「你作甚麼？」
中文標準譯本 - 地上所有的居民都算為無有，他照著自己的旨意對待天上的眾軍和地上的居民。沒有人能攔住他的手，或對他說：「你做什麼？」
現代標點和合本 - 世上所有的居民都算為虛無，在天上的萬軍和世上的居民中，他都憑自己的意旨行事。無人能攔住他手，或問他說：「你做什麼呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 地上居民、悉若無有、彼於天上軍旅、地上億兆、隨意而行、無能阻其手、或詰之曰、爾何為者、
文理委辦譯本 - 斯世之億兆、藐乎其小、有如無物、天下軍旅、地下人民、上帝隨意而作、其取之、孰能禦之、其為之、孰能詰之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 世間萬民、視若虛無、天上萬軍、世上萬民、隨意而待、無能禦之、無能詰之曰、爾何為、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Ninguno de los pueblos de la tierra merece ser tomado en cuenta. Dios hace lo que quiere con los poderes celestiales y con los pueblos de la tierra. No hay quien se oponga a su poder ni quien le pida cuentas de sus actos.
현대인의 성경 - 그는 세상의 모든 사람들을 아무것도 아닌 것처럼 여기시며 하늘에 있는 천사들이나 땅에 있는 사람에게 자기 뜻대로 행하시니 그의 뜻을 거역하거나 그가 행하시는 일을 물어 볼 자가 아무도 없구나.”
リビングバイブル - 神に比べれば、地上の人間はみな無に等しい。神は、天の御使いたちの中にあっても、地上に住む人々の中にあっても、最善とお考えのことを行われる。それに対して、「どうして、こんなことをするのですか」と言って、神に挑戦したり、神を止めたりはできない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Todos os povos da terra são como nada diante dele. Ele age como lhe agrada com os exércitos dos céus e com os habitantes da terra. Ninguém é capaz de resistir à sua mão ou dizer-lhe: ‘O que fizeste?’
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đem so với Chúa, tất cả nhân loại trên thế giới chỉ là con số không. Chúa hành động theo ý muốn Ngài đối với muôn triệu ngôi sao trên trời, cũng như đối với loài người đông đảo dưới đất. Không ai có quyền ngăn chặn và chất vấn Ngài: ‘Chúa làm việc đó để làm gì?’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มวลประชาชาติในโลกนี้ล้วนไร้ค่า พระองค์ทรงมีอำนาจ ที่จะทำต่อเหล่าทูตสวรรค์ และต่อมวลประชาชาติตามชอบพระทัยของพระองค์ ไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถยับยั้งพระหัตถ์ของพระองค์ หรือกล่าวกับพระองค์ได้ว่า “พระองค์ทำอะไรนี่?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ผู้อยู่อาศัยทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดินโลกไม่สามารถกระทำสิ่งใดต่อพระองค์ได้ พระองค์ทำตามความประสงค์ของพระองค์ในหมู่ชาวสวรรค์ และผู้อยู่อาศัยทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดินโลก และไม่มีผู้ใดที่สามารถห้ามพระองค์ได้ หรือจะถามพระองค์ว่า ‘พระองค์กำลังทำอะไรอยู่’

Psalms 49:1 - Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don’t miss this. All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.
Job 34:29 - “If God is silent, what’s that to you? If he turns his face away, what can you do about it? But whether silent or hidden, he’s there, ruling, so that those who hate God won’t take over and ruin people’s lives.
Job 33:12 - “But let me tell you, Job, you’re wrong, dead wrong! God is far greater than any human. So how dare you haul him into court, and then complain that he won’t answer your charges? God always answers, one way or another, even when people don’t recognize his presence.
Proverbs 21:30 - Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God.
Acts 9:5 - He said, “Who are you, Master?” “I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you’ll be told what to do next.”
Job 34:21 - “He has his eyes on every man and woman. He doesn’t miss a trick. There is no night dark enough, no shadow deep enough, to hide those who do evil. God doesn’t need to gather any more evidence; their sin is an open-and-shut case. He deposes the so-called high and mighty without asking questions, and replaces them at once with others. Nobody gets by with anything; overnight, judgment is signed, sealed, and delivered. He punishes the wicked for their wickedness out in the open where everyone can see it, Because they quit following him, no longer even thought about him or his ways. Their apostasy was announced by the cry of the poor; the cry of the afflicted got God’s attention.
Job 23:13 - “But he is singular and sovereign. Who can argue with him? He does what he wants, when he wants to. He’ll complete in detail what he’s decided about me, and whatever else he determines to do. Is it any wonder that I dread meeting him? Whenever I think about it, I get scared all over again. God makes my heart sink! God Almighty gives me the shudders! I’m completely in the dark, I can’t see my hand in front of my face.”
Isaiah 14:24 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: “Exactly as I planned, it will happen. Following my blueprints, it will take shape. I will shatter the Assyrian who trespasses my land and stomp him into the dirt on my mountains. I will ban his taking and making of slaves and lift the weight of oppression from all shoulders.” This is the plan, planned for the whole earth, And this is the hand that will do it, reaching into every nation. God-of-the-Angel-Armies has planned it. Who could ever cancel such plans? His is the hand that’s reached out. Who could brush it aside?
1 Samuel 3:18 - So Samuel told him, word for word. He held back nothing. Eli said, “He is God. Let him do whatever he thinks best.”
Psalms 33:8 - Earth-creatures, bow before God; world-dwellers—down on your knees! Here’s why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so.
Psalms 33:10 - God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world’s power-schemes. God’s plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last. Blessed is the country with God for God; blessed are the people he’s put in his will.
Isaiah 45:11 - Thus God, The Holy of Israel, Israel’s Maker, says: “Do you question who or what I’m making? Are you telling me what I can or cannot do? I made earth, and I created man and woman to live on it. I handcrafted the skies and direct all the constellations in their turnings. And now I’ve got Cyrus on the move. I’ve rolled out the red carpet before him. He will build my city. He will bring home my exiles. I didn’t hire him to do this. I told him. I, God-of-the-Angel-Armies.” * * *
Romans 9:19 - Are you going to object, “So how can God blame us for anything since he’s in charge of everything? If the big decisions are already made, what say do we have in it?”
Romans 9:20 - Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn’t that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled “chosen of God,” They’d be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.
Romans 11:33 - Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do? Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice? Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes.
Matthew 11:25 - Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”
Ephesians 1:11 - It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Psalms 115:3 - Our God is in heaven doing whatever he wants to do. Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop: Carved mouths that can’t talk, painted eyes that can’t see, Tin ears that can’t hear, molded noses that can’t smell, Hands that can’t grasp, feet that can’t walk or run, throats that never utter a sound. Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.