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Isaiah 54

Isa. 54:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I have created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
the smith
charash (Hebrew #2796)
a fabricator or any material
KJV usage: artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, + mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
Pronounce: khaw-rawsh'
Origin: from 2790
that bloweth
naphach (Hebrew #5301)
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
KJV usage: blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
Pronounce: naw-fakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the coals
pecham (Hebrew #6352)
a coal, whether charred or live
KJV usage: coals.
Pronounce: peh-khawm'
Origin: perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black
in the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, and that bringeth forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
an instrument
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
for his work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
; and If have created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
the waster
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
to destroy
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 37:26‑27• 26Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
 27And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up. (Isa. 37:26‑27)

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Isa. 10:5‑6,15• 5Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
 6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
 15--Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood! (Isa. 10:5‑6,15)
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Isa. 37:26• 26Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. (Isa. 37:26)
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Isa. 46:11• 11calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Isa. 46:11)
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Ex. 9:16• 16And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth. (Ex. 9:16)
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Prov. 16:4• 4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. (Prov. 16:4)
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Dan. 4:34‑35• 34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:34‑35)
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John 19:11• 11Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin. (John 19:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.