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I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant(H)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
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6 because of Jacob My servant(H)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
that there is no one but Me.(K)
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
7 that there is no one but Me.(K)
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness,(L)
I make success and create disaster;(M)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.
I make success and create disaster;(M)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.
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“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness.(N)
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.(O)
I, Yahweh, have created it.
and let the skies shower righteousness.(N)
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.(O)
I, Yahweh, have created it.
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How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
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12 ‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,(T)
and I commanded all their host.
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and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,(T)
and I commanded all their host.
God Alone is the Savior
14 This is what the Lord says:
The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature,(X)
will come over to you(Y)
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess(g) to you:
God is indeed with you,(Z) and there is no other;
there is no other God.
and the Sabeans, men of stature,(X)
will come over to you(Y)
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess(g) to you:
God is indeed with you,(Z) and there is no other;
there is no other God.
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Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.(AD)
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.(AD)
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For this is what the Lord says—
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited(AE)—
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.
19 God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited(AE)—
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.
I have not spoken in secret,(AF)
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek Me in a wasteland.(AG)
I, Yahweh, speak truthfully;(AH)
I say what is right.
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek Me in a wasteland.(AG)
I, Yahweh, speak truthfully;(AH)
I say what is right.
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Turn to Me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth.
For I am God,
and there is no other.
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24 all the ends of the earth.
For I am God,
and there is no other.
It will be said to Me: Righteousness and strength
is only in the Lord.”
All who are enraged against Him
will come to Him and be put to shame.(AQ)
25 is only in the Lord.”
All who are enraged against Him
will come to Him and be put to shame.(AQ)
All the descendants of Israel
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 45:1: Lit unloosen the loins
b.
Isaiah 45:2: DSS, LXX read the mountains
c.
Isaiah 45:5: Lit gird
d.
Isaiah 45:9: Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
e.
Isaiah 45:9: Or making? Your work has no hands.
f.
Isaiah 45:11: Or Me the coming things about
g.
Isaiah 45:14: Lit pray
h.
Isaiah 45:21: Lit and approach
Cross references:
M.
Isaiah 45:7:
Genesis 50:20; Genesis 22:8; Psalm 78:49; Job 2:10; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 31:2; Isaiah 47:11; Jeremiah 1:14; Amos 3:6
AB.
Isaiah 45:15:
Isaiah 43:3
AF.
Isaiah 45:19:
Isaiah 48:16
AO.
Isaiah 45:23:
Isaiah 55:11
AQ.
Isaiah 45:24:
Isaiah 41:11