Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

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In The King James Version

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

In Context

4Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

6So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:39So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.

1 Kings 8:60So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

Job 12:18He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;

Psalms 18:32\18:31\For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

Psalms 18:39\18:38\I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

Isaiah 22:21And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:2-5

Prophecies Concerning Cyrus. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that… Read the whole commentary →

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