Isaiah 54:16

Modern English Version

Behold, I have created the smith who blows the coals in the fire and who brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer in order to cause ruin.

Cross References

Exodus 9:16

But, indeed, for this cause I have raised you up, in order to show in you My power, so that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord works out all things for Himself, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? That is as if the rod wields itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood.

Isaiah 37:26

“Have you not heard? Long ago I have done it, from ancient times I have formed it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Isaiah 46:11

calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man who executes My counsel from a far country. Indeed, I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.

Isaiah 54:15

Indeed they shall surely assail you fiercely, but not from Me. Whoever assails you shall fall for your sake.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, says the Lord.

Zechariah 1:20

Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.

Zechariah 2:1

And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw a man with a measuring cord in his hand.

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run, say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and animals in her.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all over Me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make for themselves swords or spears.”