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14 You will live under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away; you will live in peace. Terror shall not come near. 15 If any nation comes to fight you, it will not be sent by me to punish you. Therefore, it will be routed, for I am on your side.[a] 16 I have created the smith who blows the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:15 for I am on your side, literally, “because of you.”

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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