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11 “O afflicted one,[a] passed back and forth,[b] and not comforted,
    Look! I am about to set your stones in antimony,
        and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 And I’ll make your battlements of rubies,
    and your gates of jewels,
        and all your walls of precious stones.
13 Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,
    and great will be your children’s prosperity.

14 “In righteousness you’ll be established;
    you will be far from tyranny,
        for you won’t be afraid,
    and from terror,
        for it won’t come near you.
15 Watch! If anyone does attack you,
    it will not be from me;
whoever may attack[c] you will fall[d] because of you.
16 Look! It is I who have created the blacksmith
    who fans coals in the fire,
        and produces a weapon for his purpose.
It[e] is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon that is forged against you will be effective.[f]
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,
    and their righteousness from me,”
        says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:11 I.e. the city of Jerusalem
  2. Isaiah 54:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read storm-tossed; LXX reads unsteady
  3. Isaiah 54:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads whoever attacks
  4. Isaiah 54:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads he will fall; LXX reads they will flee
  5. Isaiah 54:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads And it; cf. LXX
  6. Isaiah 54:17 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read effective, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment