Isaiah 54:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Behold, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Look, I myself created the metalworker who blows the fire of coal and who produces a tool for his work. And I myself created the looter to destroy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Isaiah 54:16 Cross References

Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power  and to make my name known on the whole earth.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has prepared everything for his purpose – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an axe exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift   it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!

Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 46:11

I call a bird of prey  from the east, a man for my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. I have planned it; I will also do it.

Isaiah 54:15

If anyone attacks you, it is not from me; whoever attacks you will fall before you.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the  Lord’s servants, and their vindication is from me.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Zechariah 1:20

Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.

Zechariah 2:1

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2:4

He said to him, ‘Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.’

John 19:11

‘You would have no authority over me at all,’ Jesus answered him, ‘if it hadn’t been given to you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.’

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel  because the Philistines had said, ‘Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.’