Isaiah 54:15
13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14 In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
- KJV
- Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
- WEB
- Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever gathers together against you will fall because of you.
- ASV
- Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
- DARBY
- Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.
- BLB
- Behold, the stranger [who] stirs up trouble—not from Me—who stirs up trouble against you, he will fall before you.
- ÅB
- Se, slår de seg sammen mot deg, så er det ikke fra meg; de som slår seg sammen mot deg, skal falle i striden mot deg.
- OTB
- Om noen angriper deg, kommer det ikke fra meg; hvem som enn angriper deg, skal falle for deg.
- B1930
- Se, slår de sig sammen mot dig, så er det ikke fra mig; de som slår sig sammen mot dig, skal falle i striden mot dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 41:11–16
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
Read in contextPsalms 37:12–13
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Read in contextZechariah 12:9
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Read in contextZechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Read in contextIsaiah 43:3–4
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Read in contextRevelation 20:8–9
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Read in contextZechariah 14:2–3
For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:14
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
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