^{24 Ref} Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth;

^{25 Ref} To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside.

^{26 Ref} This `is' the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this `is' the hand that is stretched out for all the nations.

^{27 Ref} For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'