Isaiah 45:5

I am Jehovah, and none else; There is no God besides me; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known 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

4For the sake of Jacob, my servant, And Israel, my chosen, I have called thee by thy name; I have spoken to thee as a friend, though thou hast not known me.

6That men may know from the rising of the sun, And from the West, that there is none besides me; I am Jehovah, and none else.

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Cross References

Job 12:18He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.

Psalms 18:32It is God that girded me with strength, And made my way plain.

Psalms 18:39Thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; Thou didst cast down my adversaries under me.

Isaiah 22:21I will clothe him with thy robe, And bind thy girdle around him; Thy government will I commit to 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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