Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The workman that forms "weapons against thee" (Isaiah 54:17) is wholly in My power, therefore thou needest not fear, having Me on thy side.
for his work—rather, "by his labor [HORSLEY]. "According to the exigencies of his work" [MAURER].
waster to destroy— (Isaiah 10:5-7; Isaiah 37:26-27; Isaiah 45:1-6). Desolating conquerors who use the "instruments" framed by "the smith." The repetition of the "I" implies, however, something in the latter half of the verse contrasted with the former understand it, therefore, thus: "I have in My power both him who frames arms and him who destroys them (arms)" [ROSENMULLER].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 54:16:
Ezekiel 21:31
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