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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[a] you will fall[b] 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[c] is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads whoever attacks
  2. Isaiah 54:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads he will fall; LXX reads they will flee
  3. Isaiah 54:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads And it; cf. LXX

14 In righteousness(A) you will be established:(B)
Tyranny(C) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.(D)
Terror(E) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender(F) to you.

16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith(G)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon(H) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer(I) to wreak havoc;

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