Isaiah 45:23

By myself have I sworn, The truth hath gone from my mouth, The word, that shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, That to me every tongue shall swear.

Noyes Bible

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

22Look to me, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is none else.

24“Only in Jehovah,” shall men say, “Is salvation and strength; To him shall come and be put to shame, All that are incensed against him.”

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Cross References

Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; All that swear by him shall be honored; But the mouth of liars shall be stopped.

Psalms 132:2How he sware to Jehovah, And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

Isaiah 21:17The remainder of the mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar shall be diminished; For Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath said 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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