The LORD who commands armies makes this solemn vow:“ Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.

万军之耶和华起誓说：“我怎样思想，必照样成就；我怎样定意，必照样成立，

万军之耶和华起誓说：“我怎样思想，必照样成就；我怎样定意，必照样坚立，

万军之耶和华起誓说：“我怎样思想，必照样成就；我怎样定意，必照样坚立，

万军之耶和华起誓说：“我的计划必实现，我的旨意必成就。

万军之耶和华起了誓，说：“我怎样想，事就怎样成就；我怎样计划，事就怎样立定，

万军之耶和华起誓说：“我怎样想，也必怎样成；我怎样策划，也必怎样成立。

萬軍之耶和華起誓說：我怎樣思想，必照樣成就；我怎樣定意，必照樣成立，

萬軍之耶和華起誓說：「我怎樣思想，必照樣成就；我怎樣定意，必照樣堅立，

萬軍之耶和華起誓說：「我怎樣思想，必照樣成就；我怎樣定意，必照樣堅立，

萬軍之耶和華起誓說：「我的計劃必實現，我的旨意必成就。

萬軍之耶和華起了誓，說：“我怎樣想，事就怎樣成就；我怎樣計劃，事就怎樣立定，

萬軍之永恆主起了誓，說：『我怎樣想，事就怎樣成，我怎樣計畫，事就怎樣立定；

萬軍之耶和華起誓說：「我怎樣想，也必怎樣成；我怎樣策劃，也必怎樣成立。

萬軍之耶和華誓曰、我所思者必成、我所謀者必驗、

萬有之主耶和華矢之曰、我意已定、我命必成、

萬有之主誓曰、我所立之旨必成、我所定之謀謀或作命下同必效、

The Lord Almighty has sworn,“ Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

The Lord who rules over all has made a promise. He has said,“ You can be sure that what I have planned will happen. What I have decided will take place.

The Lord of hosts has sworn:“ As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath:“ It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided.

The LORD of Armies has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.

The Lord of armies has sworn, saying,“ Certainly, just as I have intended, so it has happened, and just as I have planned, so it will stand,

The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,“ Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And as I have purposed, so it shall stand:

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

The Lord of Hosts has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed,[ so] shall it stand:

Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying,“ Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.

But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the LORD.‘ I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘ My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.

The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“ You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.

Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?

But listen to what the LORD has to say, all you people of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. The LORD says,‘ I hereby swear by my own great name that none of the people of Judah who are living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name in their oaths! Never again will any of them use it in an oath saying,“ As surely as the Lord GOD lives….”

At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob:“ I swear I will never forget all you have done!

The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“ As I swore in my anger,‘ They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

for he said,“ For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the LORD– that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.