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No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me, says Yahweh.
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God's All-Encompassing Shield
Commentators emphasize that this promise covers every conceivable attack, both physical ("weapons") and verbal ("tongues"). Scholars like John Calvin note that slander and false accusations can be the most painful weapons of all. The promise isn't for a life free of conflict, but for God's ultimate protection and final victory in every battle waged against His people.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No weapon that is formed - No instrument of war, no sword, or spear; no instrument of persecution or torture that is made by the sm…
19th Century
Anglican
Every tongue that shall rise ... —The thought implied is that war comes as the punishment of guilt, and that it is preced…
Baptist
And every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn.
The tongue — that worst of weapons, whose wicked …
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16th Century
Protestant
Every weapon. He again infers what has already been said: that wicked men, even though they exert themselves to the utmost, will gain noth…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper All weapons of war, as the Targum, which are made with a design …
Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, consider that God is speaking comfortingly to them through these words, taking notice of their gr…
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13th Century
Catholic
Give praise, O you barren. Here, against the dejection of their circumstances, he promises the remedy of exaltation.
