Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

24For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:16By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

2 Chronicles 15:14And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

Psalms 63:11They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

Psalms 132:2If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

Isaiah 21:17And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath 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 →

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