Isaiah 46:8-11

The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

⁸ "Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, _x you transgressors,
⁹ remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
¹⁰ _y declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, _z 'My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
¹¹ _a calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
_b I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:25
   I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 41:26
   Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, "He is right"? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 44:26
   Who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins'.
   Isaiah 44:28
   Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'
   Psalms 33:11
   The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
   Proverbs 19:21
   Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
   Hebrews 6:17
   So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 41:2
   Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
   
5. Cross References
   Numbers 23:19
   God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?