Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess to God (LXX/NT).
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.
Cross References
Genesis 22:16and said, By myself I have sworn, says LORD, because thou have done this thing, and have not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
2 Chronicles 15:14And they swore to LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
Psalms 132:2how he swore to LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Isaiah 21:17And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few. For LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:21-25
The Folly of Idolatry; Salvation in Christ. ( b. c. 708.) 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 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. 22 Look unto… Read the whole commentary →