Yesaya 54:16

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama

Bahwasanya Aku sudah menjadikan tukang besi, yang menghembuskan bara dalam api, dan yang memperbuat senjata dengan kelelahannya, dan lagi Aku menjadikan si pembinasa akan membinasakan,

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sesungguhnya, Akulah yang menciptakan tukang besi yang menghembus api dan menghasilkan senjata menurut kecakapannya, tetapi Akulah juga yang menciptakan pemusnah untuk merusakkannya.

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Sesungguhnya, Akulah yang menciptakan tukang besi yang menghembus api dan menghasilkan senjata menurut kecakapannya, tetapi Akulah juga yang menciptakan pemusnah untuk merusakkannya.

Bible Verse Review
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I have: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 46:11, Exodus 9:16, Proverbs 16:4, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:35, John 19:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:19 - there was no 2 Kings 9:20 - for he driveth 2 Kings 19:25 - Hast thou not 1 Chronicles 20:1 - wasted 2 Chronicles 18:19 - Who shall entice Psalms 27:3 - war Jeremiah 22:7 - I Ezekiel 22:20 - to blow Zechariah 10:4 - of him came forth 1 Peter 4:19 - a faithful

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire,.... Into which he puts his iron to soften it, that he may beat it, and form it into what shape he pleases; which descriptive clause is added to show that it is a blacksmith that is intended, and to distinguish him from the carpenter and mason, of whom this word is also used, who deal, the one in wood, and the other in stone, and neither of which requires fire: now the Lord observes, to the comfort of his people, surrounded by enemies with instruments of war in their hands, that he made the smith that made these, not only as a man, but as an artificer gave him all the skill he has in making military weapons; and therefore could take away his skill, or hinder him from making any, or destroy and defeat, and render useless those that are made; and therefore they had nothing to fear from warlike preparations. Some understand this of the devil, that great incendiary of mankind; and others of a council of war, that forms the design, blows up the coals of contention, and brings forth the plan of operation in war, it follows, as a further description of the smith,

and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work: who takes the iron out of the fire which he blows, as an instrument to work upon, and which he forms into a military weapon, as an arrow, a sword, a spear, or shield; or, "for their work" e; for the use of the enemies of Christ and his church:

and I have created the waster to destroy; military men, soldiers that use the above weapons of destruction for that purpose; these are God's creatures, and he can destroy or disappoint them, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Some understand this also of the devil, who is by way of eminence the waster of mankind; others of tyrannical princes; I should choose to interpret it of the Romish antichrist, that waster and destroyer of the souls of men, and of the antichristian states that destroy the earth, and shall be destroyed themselves; or of the Turk, the locust, whose king is called Apollyon and Abaddon, which signifies a waster and a destroyer, Revelation 11:18. These are said to be "created" by the Lord, not only because they are his creatures, the work of his hands, but because they are raised up by his providence, according to his secret purpose, as Pharaoh was, to show his power in them; and are permitted by him to continue for awhile to fulfil his will, being entirely dependent upon him, and subject to his influence, direction, and overruling providence; and therefore his people had no reason to be afraid of them.

e למעשהו "ad opus ipsorum", Gataker.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have created the smith - The sense of this verse is, ‘Everything that can effect your welfare is under my control. The smith who manufactures the instruments of war or of torture is under me. His life, his strength, his skill, are all in my hands, and he can do nothing which I shall not deem it best to permit him to do. So with the enemy of the church himself - the waster who destroys. I bare made him, and he is wholly under my control and at my disposal.’ The smith who bloweth the coals, denotes the man who is engaged in forging instruments for war, or for any other purpose. Here it refers to him who should be engaged in forging instruments of battle to attack the church; and why should it not refer also to him who should be engaged in making instruments of torture - such as are used in times of persecution?

That bringeth forth an instrument for his work - Lowth, ‘According to his work.’ Noyes, ‘By his labor.’ The idea is, that he produces an instrument as the result of his work.

I have created the waster to destroy - I have formed every man who is engaged in spreading desolation by wars, and I have every such man under my control (see the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7; Isaiah 37:26-27; Isaiah 46:1-6). The sense here is, that as God had all such conquerors under his control, they could accomplish no more than he permitted them to do.