Isaiah 54:16

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.

¹⁵ If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
WEB: “Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
ASV: Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
DARBY: Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.
BLB: Behold, I [myself] have created the craftsman, blowing on the fire of the coals and bringing out the tool for his work—and also I have created the destroyer to destroy.

ÅB: Se, jeg skaper smeden, som puster i kullilden og lager et redskap til sin gjerning, og jeg skaper en ødelegger til å skade.
OTB: «Se, det er jeg som har skapt smeden som blåser på kullilden og former et våpen som passer til sitt arbeid; og jeg har skapt ødeleggeren til å gjøre skade.
B1930: Se, jeg skaper smeden, som puster i kullilden og lager et redskap til sin gjerning, og jeg skaper en ødelegger til å skade.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
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Exodus 9:16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
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Isaiah 46:11
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.
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Isaiah 10:5–6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
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Isaiah 10:15
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!
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Isaiah 37:26
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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Daniel 4:34–35
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
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John 19:11
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
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