Isaiah 45:5

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

4For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.

6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside Me; I am the LORD; and there is none else;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:39know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.

1 Kings 8:60that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD, He is God; there is none else.

Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.

Psalms 18:32(18-33) The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;

Psalms 18:39(18-40) For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Isaiah 22:21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and bind him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house 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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