God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the LORD.

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, `My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.

"For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.