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Isaiah 45:21–24

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45:21Tell me! Present the evidence!53

Let them consult with one another!

Who predicted this in the past?

Who announced it beforehand?

Was it not I, the Lord?

I have no peer, there is no God but me,

a God who vindicates and delivers;54

there is none but me.

45:22Turn to me so you can be delivered,55

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

45:23I solemnly make this oath56—

what I say is true and reliable:57

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm;58

45:24they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.” ’ ”59

All who are angry at him will cower before him.60

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Footnotes

  1. 53 Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.
  2. 54 Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; , , “a righteous God and a Savior.”
  3. 55 The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”
  4. 56 Heb “I swear by myself”; , “have sworn.”
  5. 57 Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
  6. 58 Heb “swear” (so , , , ); “confess allegiance.”
  7. 59 Heb “ ‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’ ”
  8. 60 Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Declare and present your case;

let them take counsel together!

Who told this long ago?

Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

there is none besides me.

“Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

By myself I have sworn;

from my mouth has gone out in righteousness

a word that shall not return:

‘To me every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,

are righteousness and strength;

to him shall come and be ashamed

all who were incensed against him.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Declare what is to be, present it—

let them take counsel together.

Who foretold this long ago,

who declared it from the distant past?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no God apart from me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

there is none but me.

“Turn to me and be saved,

all you ends of the earth;

for I am God, and there is no other.

By myself I have sworn,

my mouth has uttered in all integrity

a word that will not be revoked:

Before me every knee will bow;

by me every tongue will swear.

They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone

are deliverance and strength.’ ”

All who have raged against him

will come to him and be put to shame.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Speak up and present your case—

yes, let them consult each other.

Who predicted this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the Lord?

There is no other God but me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is no one except me.

Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth.

For I am God,

and there is no other.

By myself I have sworn;

truth has gone from my mouth,

a word that will not be revoked:

Every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will swear allegiance.

It will be said about me, ‘Righteousness and strength

are found only in the Lord.’ ”

All who are enraged against him

will come to him and be put to shame.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Consult together, argue your case.

Get together and decide what to say.

Who made these things known so long ago?

What idol ever told you they would happen?

Was it not I, the Lord?

For there is no other God but me,

a righteous God and Savior.

There is none but me.

Let all the world look to me for salvation!

For I am God; there is no other.

I have sworn by my own name;

I have spoken the truth,

and I will never go back on my word:

Every knee will bend to me,

and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”

The people will declare,

“The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”

And all who were angry with him

will come to him and be ashamed.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Declare and present your case,

also let them consult together!

Who made this known from former times,

declared it from of old?

Was it not I, Yahweh?

And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God besides me,

and no savior besides me.

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth,

for I am God and there is none besides me.

I have sworn by myself;

a word that shall not return has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness:

‘Every knee shall kneel down to me;

every tongue shall swear.’

‘Only in Yahweh,’ one shall say to me, ‘are righteousness and strength.’

He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Tell ye, and bring them near;

Yea, let them take counsel together:

Who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time?

Have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me;

A just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:

For I am God, and there is none else.

I have sworn by myself,

The word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,

That unto me every knee shall bow,

Every tongue shall swear.

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength:

Even to him shall men come;

And all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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