Isaiah 54:16
Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy.
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Proverbs 16:4LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
Isaiah 46:11calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed. I will also do it.
Zechariah 2:1And I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
John 19:11Jesus answered him, Thou would have no authority against me, unless it were given thee from above. Because of this he who delivered me to thee has greater sin.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:12-17
The Prosperity of the Church; The Prosperity of Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou… Read the whole commentary →