Isaiah 45:5-8

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“I am the Lord, and ^(A)there is no other;
^(B)Besides Me there is no God.
I will ^(a)^(C)gird you, though you have not known Me;

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That ^(b)^(D)men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is ^(E)no one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,

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The One ^(F)forming light and ^(G)creating darkness,
Causing ^(c)well-being and ^(H)creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

God’s Supreme Power

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“^(I)Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the ^(J)earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
^(K)And righteousness spring up with it.
I, the Lord, have created it.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 45:5: ['Or ', arm]

b. Isaiah 45:6: ['Lit ', they]

c. Isaiah 45:7: ['Or ', peace]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 45:5: Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 45:18; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 46:9

B. Isaiah 45:5: Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 44:8

C. Isaiah 45:5: Psalm 18:39

D. Isaiah 45:6: Psalm 102:15; Malachi 1:11

E. Isaiah 45:6: Isaiah 45:5

F. Isaiah 45:7: Isaiah 42:16

G. Isaiah 45:7: Psalm 104:20; Psalm 105:28

H. Isaiah 45:7: Isaiah 31:2; Isaiah 47:11; Amos 3:6

I. Isaiah 45:8: Psalm 72:6; Hosea 10:12; Hosea 14:5; Joel 3:18

J. Isaiah 45:8: Psalm 85:11

K. Isaiah 45:8: Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 61:11