Isaiah 54:11-17

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

¹¹ _v "O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, _w I will set your stones in antimony,
_x and lay your foundations with sapphires. ₁
¹² I will make your pinnacles of agate, ₂
your gates of carbuncles, ₃
and all your wall of precious stones.
¹³ _y All your children _z shall be taught by the Lord,
_a and great shall be the peace of your children.
¹⁴ In righteousness you shall be established;
you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵ _b If anyone stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.
¹⁶ Behold, I have created the smith
who blows the fire of coals
and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
¹⁷ no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
_c and their vindication ₄ from me, declares the Lord."

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 51:21
   Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine:
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 60:10
   Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 21:19
   The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald.
   
4. Cross References
   John 6:45
   It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me -
   
5. Cross References
   Jeremiah 31:33 - 34
   But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 9:7
   Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
   Psalms 119:165
   Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 8:9 - 10
   Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 45:24 - 25
   Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.