Isaiah 54:11-17

11 O needy, storm-tossed, and bereft one,

 I will set your stones in antimony,

 and your foundations with sapphires.

12 I will make your towers of rubies,

 your gates of crystal jewels,

 your entire boundary-walls of precious stones.

13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,

 and your children will be greatly blessed.

14 You will be restored in righteousness,

 and be far from oppression;

 You will not be afraid or be in terror,

 for it will not approach you.

15 Look, if trouble is stirred up, it is not by me;

 and whoever stirs up trouble with you

 will fall because of you.

16 Look, it is I who have made the smith

 blowing on the coals of a fire,

 and producing a tool fit for a purpose;

 so it is I who has made

 the destroyer to wreak havoc.

17 No weapon that is made against you will succeed,

 and every voice accusing you will fail.

 This is the inheritance of the Lord’s servants,

 and their righteousness comes from me,

 says the Lord.

translation by Paul H Ashby © 2008 all rights reserved