Isa 14:26-27, Isa 24, Dan 4:35 | ESV | STEP | This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth , and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations .

26 This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is ^athe hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 ^bFor the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
^cHis hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?

Isaiah 24

Judgment on the Whole Earth

1 Behold, ^dthe Lord will empty the earth ^{▼▼Or land; also throughout this chapter} and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 ^fAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
^gas with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^has with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 ⁱThe earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
^jfor the Lord has spoken this word.
4 ^kThe earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
5 The earth lies ^ldefiled
under its inhabitants;
for ^mthey have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore ⁿa curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants ^osuffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 ^pThe wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 ^qThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine ^rwith singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 ^sThe wasted city is broken down;
^tevery house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 ^uThere is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
^vall joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
^was when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west. ^{▼▼Hebrew from the sea}
15 ^yTherefore in the east ^{▼▼Hebrew in the realm of light} give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 ^aaFrom the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to ^abthe Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For ^acthe traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
17 ^adTerror and the pit and the snare ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike}
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 ^afHe who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For ^agthe windows of heaven are opened,
and ^ahthe foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth ^aistaggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
^ajits transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and ^akthe kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 ^alThey will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days ^amthey will be punished.
23 ^anThen the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for ^aothe Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

Daniel 4:35

35 ^apall the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and ^aqhe does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
^arand none can stay his hand
or ^assay to him, “What have you done?”