Bible Strands
Isaiah 54:14
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the restored community of Israel immediately after promising in Isaiah 54:13 that their children will be taught by Him and prosper. He speaks to reassure them of their secure standing before the threats described in Isaiah 54:15.
The words — צְדָקָ֖ה (tz.da.Kah) = righteousness and תִּכּוֹנָ֑נִי (ti.ko.Na.ni) = you will be established. The text places the community's stability directly inside the sphere of divine righteousness rather than human effort.
The thread — This assurance runs alongside Proverbs 3:25, which forbids fearing sudden danger, and Jeremiah 30:10, which commands Jacob not to be dismayed. It also connects to Zechariah 9:8, where God declares He will camp around His house so an oppressor will not pass over or overrun them.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to anchor security in God's established righteousness instead of personal invulnerability. The text demands acceptance that divine protection, not the absence of threat, is the basis for courage.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 3:25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
- Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Zechariah 9:8 But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Zechariah 2:4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zechariah 8:3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
- Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 1:26 I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.