Isaiah 54:16

God's Word

I’ve created blacksmiths to fan the coals into flames and to produce useful weapons. I’ve also created destroyers to bring destruction.

Cross References

Exodus 9:16

But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for his own purpose, even wicked people for the day of trouble.

Isaiah 10:15

Can an ax attack the person who cuts with it? Can a saw make itself greater than the person who saws with it? A rod cannot move the person who lifts it. A wooden stick cannot pick up a person.

Isaiah 37:26

“ ‘Haven’t you heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the distant past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 46:11

I will call a bird of prey from the east. I will call someone for my plan from a faraway land. I have spoken, and I will bring it about. I have planned it, and I will do it.

Isaiah 54:15

“If anyone attacks you, it will not be my doing. Whoever attacks you will be defeated by you.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that has been made to be used against you will succeed. You will have an answer for anyone who accuses you. This is the inheritance of the Lord’s servants. Their victory comes from me,” declares the Lord.

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

and said to him, “Run, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited like an unwalled village because it will have so many people and animals in it.

John 19:11

Jesus answered Pilate, “You wouldn’t have any authority over me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. That’s why the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in the entire land of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.