Isaiah 54:17

54:17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed;

you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. ¹ 

This is what the Lord will do for his servants –

I will vindicate them,” ² 

says the Lord.

Isaiah 54:2

54:2 Make your tent larger,

stretch your tent curtains farther out! ³ 

Spare no effort,

lengthen your ropes,

and pound your stakes deep. ⁴ 

Colossians 1:4

1:4 since ⁵  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

¹ tn Heb “and every tongue that rises up for judgment with you will prove to be guilty.”

² tn Heb “this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me.”

³ tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”

⁴ tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”

⁵ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).