Bible Strands
Isaiah 54:15
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Zion (Jerusalem) in a passage of restoration, assuring her that no enemy will prevail against her.
The words — The root גּוֹר (gôr), "to quarrel, contend," appears three times (גּוֹר, יָגוּר, גָּר), framing the verse around the act of opposition rather than mere violence.
The thread — Isaiah 41:11 echoes the same claim: those who rage against God's people will be reduced to nothing; Zechariah 12:9 extends it to a divine act of destruction against nations that come against Jerusalem.
Why it lands — It draws a line between God's purposes and human aggression: any attack on the faithful is not from God, and the attacker bears the full weight of their own action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Psalms 37:12 The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- Zechariah 12:9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Isaiah 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
- Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Ezekiel 38:8 After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
- Zechariah 12:3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.