Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, there is no God apart from me. Apart from me there is no God. I will make you strong, even though you don't know 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

4I call you by name and I have given you a title of honor, for the sake of Jacob my servant, and Israel the one I chose, even though you don't know me.

6so that everyone, from the east to the west, will know that there is no God apart from me, that I am the Lord, and there is none apart from me.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:39So today be sure about this and never forget: the Lord is the only God in heaven above and on the earth below.

1 Kings 8:60in order that everyone on the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is no other!

Job 12:18He removes the chains of office from kings and makes them wear loincloths.

Psalms 18:32God makes me strong and keeps me safe.

Psalms 18:39You made me strong for battle; you made those who rose up against me kneel down before me.

Isaiah 22:21I will put your robe and place your sash around him, and I will give your authority to him. He will be a father to the people living in Jerusalem and 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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