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Isaiah 54:15
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I will never send anyone to attack you. And if any army tries to attack you, you will defeat them.
If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.
Look, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
I will not send anyone to attack you, and you will defeat those who do attack you.
If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.
Behold, they shall surely assemble [but] not by me: whoever shall assemble against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
"If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
Lo! a straunger schal come, that was not with me; he, that was sum tyme thi comelyng, schal be ioyned to thee.
Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
I will never send anyone to attack your city, and you will make prisoners of those who do attack.
Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.
Any alliance that forms against you will not be my doing; whoever tries to form such an alliance will fall because of you.
Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.
Behold, they may gather together, but not by Me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoeuer shal gather together against thee, shall fall for thy sake.
If anyone brings trouble against you, it will not be from Me. Whoever comes against you will fall because of you.
If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
Beholde, the enemie shall gather himselfe, but without me: whosoeuer shall gather himselfe in thee, against thee, shall fall.
All those who are brought back by my hand shall enter into you; and they shall be as a place of refuge to your inhabitants.
Lo! they would, quarrel, with thee - not at all from me, - Whoso hath quarrelled with thee, over thee, shall fall.
Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who was not with me, he that was a stranger to thee before, shall be joined to thee.
If any one stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
Lo, whoso gathereth together [agaynst thee, doth it] without me, and who so within thee doth ioyne together against thee, shall surely fall.
Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.
Whoever attacks you, does it without my consent; whoever fights against you will fall.
If anyone attacks you,it is not from me;whoever attacks youwill fall before you.
Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
If indeed one attacks, it is not from me; whoever attacks you shall fall because of you.
Behold, gathering they shall gather, but not from Me. Who has gathered against you? By you he shall fall.
Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!
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"If anyone fiercely attacks you, it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
"If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you.
If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me.Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they shall: Ezekiel 38:8-23, Joel 3:9-14, Revelation 16:14, Revelation 19:19-21, Revelation 20:8, Revelation 20:9
shall fall: Isaiah 43:3, Isaiah 43:4, Isaiah 43:14, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 12:3, Zechariah 12:9, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:2 - gathered 1 Kings 20:16 - the thirty Isaiah 8:9 - Associate Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring Isaiah 49:25 - I will contend Isaiah 54:17 - weapon Isaiah 60:12 - General Jeremiah 30:16 - General Zechariah 1:20 - four John 11:15 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me,.... Not by the Lord, by his command or order to do his will, and execute his pleasure, which sometimes was the case, as in Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, and others; but so it shall not be, when the enemies of Christ and his people gather together against them in the latter day; this will be by the means of three unclean spirits like frogs that will come out of the mouth of the dragon, beast, and false prophet; even spirits of devils, Popish priests, and Jesuits, who will instigate, stir up, and get together the antichristian kings of the earth to the battle of almighty God, Revelation 16:14. Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret them of Gog and Magog:
whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake; because of the love that I bear to thee, they shall not succeed, or do thee any hurt, but shall perish; or, "shall fall to thee" c; so far from doing thee any hurt, they shall come over to thee, and be on thy side; be joined to thee, as the Vulgate Latin version; that is, the remnant that shall escape, and be converted, and give glory to God,
Revelation 11:13 or rather, "shall fall before thee" d, in thy sight; or, as the Targum, in the midst of thee; which remarkably paraphrases the words thus,
"at the end the kings of the nations, which are gathered together to afflict thee, O Jerusalem, shall fall in the midst of thee;''
for the kings of the earth that shall be gathered together against Christ and his church shall fall in battle before them, and their flesh shall become meat for the fowls of the heaven; the beast and false prophet, in company with them, will be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire, and the remnant be slain with the sword of Christ,
Revelation 19:17.
c עליך יפול "ad te cadet", Cocceius. d "Cotam te cadet", Grotius, Gataker.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, they shall surely gather together - The idea in this verse is, that the enemies of the people of God would indeed form alliances and compacts against them, but it would not be under the divine direction, and they would not be able to prevail against the church. The word rendered here ‘gather together’ (גור gûr) means properly ‘to turn aside from the way’; then to sojourn for a time; then to assemble against anyone. It seems here to refer to the gathering together of hostile forces to form an alliance, or to wage war. Great variety, however, has prevailed in the interpretation of the passage, but this seems to be the sense of it. Jerome renders it, ‘Lo, a foreigner shall come who was not with me, the stranger shall hereafter be joined to thee,’ and seems to understand it of the proselytes that should be made. This sense is found expressly in the Septuagint, ‘Lo, proselytes shall come to thee through me, and they shall sojourn with thee, and fly to thee’ The Chaldee renders it, ‘Lo, the captivity of thy people shall be surely gathered unto thee, and in the end the kings of the people which were assembled to afflict thee, O Jerusalem, shall fall in the midst of thee.’ But the above seems to be the correct sense. Alliances would be formed; compacts would be entered into; leagues would be made by the enemies of the people of God, and they would be assembled to destroy the church. This has often been done. Formidable confederations have been entered into for the purpose, and deep-laid plans have been devised to destroy the friends of the Most High. See Psalms 2:2 : ‘The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed.’ No small part of history is a record of the combinations and alliances which have been entered into for the purpose of driving the true religion from the world.
But not by me - Not under my direction, or by my command.
Shall fall for thy sake - Hebrew, עליך ‛âlaı̂yk - ‘Shall fall unto thee.’ Lowth, ‘Shall come over to thy side.’ The phrase seems to mean that they should ‘fall to them,’ that is, that they should lay aside their opposition, break up their alliances against the church, and come over to it. In proof of this interpretation, Rosenmuller appeals to the following places: 1 Chronicles 12:19-20; 2 Chronicles 15:9; Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 39:9. The passage, therefore, looks to the future conversion of the enemies of the church to the true faith. It has, doubtless, been partially fulfilled in the conversion of nations that have been leagued against the gospel of the Redeemer. There was a striking fulfillment in the times that succeeded the persecutions of Christians in the Roman empire. After all the power of the empire had been enlisted in ten successive persecutions to destroy the church, the very empire that had thus opposed the church was converted to the Christian faith. In a still more signal manner will this be fulfilled when all the powers of the earth now leagued against the gospel shall be brought under the influences of the true religion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 54:15. Shall fall for thy sake - "Shall come over to thy side."] For יפול yippol, twenty-eight MSS. (eight ancient) have יפל yipal, in its more common form. For the meaning of the word in this place, see Jeremiah 37:13.
