Isaiah 54:11-17
Revised Standard Version
11 “O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.[a]
12 I will make your pinnacles of agate,
your gates of carbuncles,
and all your wall of precious stones.
13 All your sons shall be taught by the Lord,
and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.
14 In righteousness you shall be established;
you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 If any one stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.
16 Behold, I have created the smith
who blows the fire of coals,
and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper,
and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
and their vindication from me, says the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 54:11 Or lapis lazuli
Isaiah 54:11-17
American Standard Version
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in [a]fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy [b]pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones. 13 And all thy children shall be [c]taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: [d]thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they may [e]gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall [f]gather together against thee [g]shall fall because of thee. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for [h]his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and [i]their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
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- Isaiah 54:11 Or, antimony. See 1 Chr. 29:2.
- Isaiah 54:12 Or, windows
- Isaiah 54:13 Or, disciples
- Isaiah 54:14 Or, be thou far
- Isaiah 54:15 Or, stir up strife
- Isaiah 54:15 Or, stir up strife
- Isaiah 54:15 Or, shall fall away to thee
- Isaiah 54:16 Or, its
- Isaiah 54:17 Or, their righteousness is of me
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