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Isa 46:11 — Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Calling		Isa 13:2-4; Isa 21:7-9; Isa 41:2,25; Isa 45:1-6; Jer 50:29; Jer 51:20-29
a ravenous bird		"Or, ""an eagle,"" a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, [aetos chrusous] the very word ayit, which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters. Eze 39:4"
the man		Isa 44:28; Isa 45:13; Isa 48:14,15; Ezr 1:2; Psa 76:10; Act 4:28
that executeth my counsel		Heb. of my counsel. Psa 119:24; *marg:
I have spoken		Isa 14:24-27; Isa 38:15; Num 23:19; Job 23:13; Jer 50:45; Act 5:39; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11

Correlating Passages

Calling

	Isa 13:2	Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
	Isa 13:3	I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness.
	Isa 13:4	The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
	Isa 21:7	And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
	Isa 21:8	And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
	Isa 21:9	And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
	Isa 41:2	Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
	Isa 41:25	I have raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
	Isa 45:1	Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
	Isa 45:2	I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
	Isa 45:3	And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel.
	Isa 45:4	For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
	Isa 45:5	I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
	Isa 45:6	That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that [there is] none beside me. I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else.
	Jer 50:29	Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
	Jer 51:20	Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
	Jer 51:21	And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
	Jer 51:22	With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
	Jer 51:23	I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
	Jer 51:24	And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
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a ravenous bird

Eze 39:4

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured.

the man

	Isa 44:28	That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
	Isa 45:13	I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
	Isa 48:14	All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
	Isa 48:15	I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
	Ezr 1:2	Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.
	Psa 76:10	Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
	Act 4:28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

that executeth my counsel

Psa 119:24

Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.

I have spoken

	Isa 14:24	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:
	Isa 14:25	That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
	Isa 14:26	This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
	Isa 14:27	For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
	Isa 38:15	What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
	Num 23:19	God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
	Job 23:13	But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
	Jer 50:45	Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.
	Act 5:39	But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
	Eph 1:11	In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
	Eph 3:11	According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 46:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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