Isaiah 45:23
By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
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Genesis 22:16Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
2 Chronicles 15:14And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.
Psalms 63:11\63:10\They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
Psalms 132:2How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,
Isaiah 21:17And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said 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 →