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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;
17 no weapon that is forged against you will be effective.[d]
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,
    and their righteousness from me,”
        says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:15 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
  4. Isaiah 54:17 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read effective, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment

15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender(A) to you.

16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith(B)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon(C) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer(D) to wreak havoc;
17     no weapon forged against you will prevail,(E)
    and you will refute(F) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants(G) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication(H) from me,”
declares the Lord.

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