But the counsel of the Lord endures forever, the thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to You, and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to You.

Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of My wrath and anger are in their hands.

I will send My wrath against a sinful nation, and I will command My people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make dust out of them.

Shall the ax glorify itself without him that chops with it? Or shall the saw lift itself up without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? But it shall not be so;

Have you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [My purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strongholds, and them that dwell in strong cities.

I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass.

I am He that prepared light, and formed darkness; who makes peace, and creates calamity; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.

declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;

calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned; I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

Behold, I have created you, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created you, not for ruin, that [I] should destroy [you].

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.