Isaiah 54:16
Behold, I created the smith who fans the coals of the fire and produces an object by his work, and I have created the slayer who destroys.
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In Context
15Behold, a settler will arrive, who was not with me, a certain new arrival will be joined to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.
Isaiah 10:15Should the axe glorify itself over him who wields it? Or can the saw exalt itself over him who pulls it? How can a rod lift itself up against him who wields it, or a staff exalt itself, though it is only wood?
Isaiah 46:11I call a bird from the east, and from a far away land, the man of my will. And I have spoken it, and I will carry it out. I have created, and I will act.
Zechariah 2:1And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
John 19:11Jesus responded, “You would not have any authority over me, unless it were given to you from above. For this reason, he who has handed me over to you has the 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 →