Isaiah 54:16

Easy To Read Version

“Look, I made the blacksmith. {\cf2\super [431]} He blows on fire to make it hotter. Then he takes the hot iron and makes the kind of tool he wants to make. In the same way, I made the ‘Destroyer’ that destroys things.

Cross References

Exodus 9:16

But I have put you here for a reason. I have put you here so that I could show you my power. Then people all over the world will learn about me!

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has a plan for everything. And in the Lord’s plan, evil people will be destroyed.

Isaiah 10:15

An axe is not better than the person that cuts with it. A saw is not better than the person that saws with it. \{But Assyria thinks he is more important and powerful than God.\} And this is like a stick being more powerful and important than the person that picks it up and uses it to punish someone.

Isaiah 37:26

That is what you said.\}\par But haven’t you heard \{what I said\}?\par ‘I (God) planned it long ago,\par from ancient times I planned it.\par And now, I made it happen.\par I let you tear down the strong cities\par and change them into piles of rocks.\par

Isaiah 46:11

And I am calling a man from the east. That man will be like an eagle. He will come from a faraway country, and he will do the things I decide to do. I am telling you that I will do this, and I will do it. I made him, and I will bring him!

Isaiah 54:15

None of my armies will fight against you.\par And if any army tries to attack you,\par you will defeat that army.\par

Isaiah 54:17

“People will make weapons to fight against you, but those weapons will not defeat you. Some people will say things against you. But every person that speaks against you will be shown to be wrong.”

Zechariah 1:20

The Lord showed me four workers.

Zechariah 2:1

Then I looked up, and I saw a man holding a rope for measuring things.

Zechariah 2:4

He said to him, “Run and tell that young man that \{Jerusalem will be too big to measure\}. Tell him these things:

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the man who gave me to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

1 Samuel 13:19

None of the people of Israel could make things from iron. There weren’t any blacksmiths [121] in Israel. The Philistines did not teach the Israelites how to make things from iron because the Philistines were afraid the Israelites would make iron swords and spears.