Isaiah 14:24 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

נִשְׁבַּ֛ע יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־לֹ֞א כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּמִּ֙יתִי֙ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֔תָה וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָעַ֖צְתִּי הִ֥יא תָקֽוּם׃

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,

Rashi on Isaiah

as I thought concerning Assyria, so it was. You, Nebuchadnezzar, saw that the words of the prophets of Israel about Sennacherib were fulfilled.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

He hath sworn. The decree of God is His oath.26According to I. E. the unchangeable decree of the Lord is called His oath; it is an anthropomorphism.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

I thought. Whatever I had planned, as far as concerned the past, has come to pass, and the same will be the case concerning the events that are planned for the future.
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