declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
⛓ Read Isaiah 46 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Echo2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Verse 28, the rulers did only 'whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen,' echoes Isaiah's God whose 'counsel shall stand' and who declares the end from the beginning (Isa 46:10). The pairing of God's sovereign 'counsel/will' overruling hostile human action coheres tightly with the prayer's theology.
Medium confidence'Him who works all things after the counsel of his will' echoes Isaiah's God 'declaring the end from the beginning... my counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.' Thematic coherence (sovereign counsel/purpose executed in history) is strong; volume is moderate, hence a medium echo.
Medium confidence