Isaiah 44:6

Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, || And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, || And besides Me there is no God.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

In Context

5This [one] says, For I [am] YHWH’s, || And this calls [himself] by the name of Jacob, || And this [one] writes [with] his hand, For YHWH, || And surnames himself by the name of Israel.”

7And who [is] as I, call and declare it, || And arrange it for Me, || Since My placing the people of antiquity, || And things that are coming, || And those that come, they declare to them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:35You—you have been shown [it], to know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else besides Him.

Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: Our God YHWH—YHWH [is] one!

Isaiah 33:22For YHWH, ours who is judging, || YHWH our lawgiver, || YHWH our King—He saves us.

Isaiah 37:20And now, our God YHWH, save us from his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth know that You [are] YHWH, You alone.”

Isaiah 41:4Who has worked and done, || Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the last I [am] He.

Isaiah 41:21Bring your cause near, says YHWH, || Bring your mighty ones near, says the King of Jacob.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:2-9

Prosperity Foretold; The Supremacy of God. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water… Read the whole commentary →

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