The security of the Divine Word.
Cheyne translates, "Sworn has Jehovah Sabaoth, saying, Surely, according as I have planned, so shall it be; and according as I have purposed, that shall stand." God here declares that it is his fixed and unalterable purpose to destroy Assyria. And who can stop the fulfillment of the Divine Word? In answer to this question, we say—
I. CAN NATURAL FORCES? No, for that was settled when the Red Sea parted asunder, and made a highway for God's people.
II. CAN NATURAL EVENTS? No, for that was settled in the wilderness. Such commonplace things as murmurings and rebellions could destroy a particular generation, but could not keep Israel out of Canaan.
III. CAN INDIVIDUAL MEN? No, for that was settled in Nebuchadnezzar, who had to learn, by humiliation, that God's will would have to be done.
IV. CAN COMBINED MAN? No, for that was settled when the kings of Canaan joined to oppose God's advancing hosts, and were swept away, before them, like a summer cloud before the sun.
Nobody and nothing can stop the fulfillment of God's Word. We may go with it, the flood will carry us with it, like helpless logs, if we struggle to oppose. But the Word and will of God are always righteous, beneficent, and good; so it is well that they should abide.—R.T.