Quotes about Purpose
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
— Isaiah 5:19
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
— Isaiah 6:8
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
— Isaiah 10:15
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
— Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
— Isaiah 14:27
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
— Isaiah 22:16
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
— Isaiah 42:6
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
— Isaiah 43:7
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
— Isaiah 43:21
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
— Isaiah 44:1
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
— Isaiah 46:10
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
— Isaiah 46:11