no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
This may be one of the most quoted verses out of book of Isaiah. Isaiah is speaking for God who is talking to those, who by faith, believe that God will redeem them, despite their present condition. They are being taken away into captivity for their disobedience and in the middle of the book God gives them the promises of redemption, salvation and strength. When you think of the background of these verse you have to rejoice in the meaning they must have been to the ears of the hearers. Imagine you are being killed with the sword, beaten with the whip or drag by the chains into captivity and you hear this verse. Think about "NO WEAPON" that is forged against you will prevail. It does not say, of course, you won't have it used against you. But, it means that the weapon (and he who wheels it) will not prevail. God is not promising freedom from weapons. God is promising victory; in the end. In the second line of the verse we read that although they will be accused by the tongues of their enemies (and, perhaps, friends) they will have a response. Again, it doesn't say that people who hurl horrible accusations toward you. It does say that we will prevail over them and have an answer for them. Paul picks that theme up in 2 Corinthians 5:12. We are to live our lives in such a way that our very lives become the answer for false accusations. Isaiah tells us that these two great truths are a "heritage" for the servants of The Lord. He adds that these truths are our "vindication" given by Him. God does not only keep us from the evil of this world, he gives us vindication. We can rejoice in the fact that we are not left alone. We are the apple of His eye and He will guarantee that we are protected from any weapon and vindicated from any statement made.
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