Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith Hashem Melech Yisroel, 1 and His Go'el, Hashem Tzva'os; 1 I am the Rishon, and I am the Acharon; 1 and apart from Me there is no Elohim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

5One shall say, I belong to Hashem; 1 and another shall call himself by the shem of Ya'akov; 1 and another shall write + 44:5 in witness with his yad, Hashemʼs, 1 and surname himself by the shem Yisroel. 1

7And who is like Me, who can preach as I do? 1 Let him make it known and set it out in order before Me, 1 since I appointed the Am Olam 1 and the otiyyot (things to come, future things) and what is approaching, 1 let them expound and make known in support of themselves. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:35Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Hashem He is HaElohim; there is none else beside Him.

Deuteronomy 6:4Shema Yisroel Adonoi ( Hashem) Eloheinu Adonoi ( Hashem) Echad.

Isaiah 33:22For Hashem is our Shofet, 1 Hashem is Mechokkeinu (our Lawgiver), 1 Hashem is Malkeinu; 1 Hu yoshieinu (He will save us). 1

Isaiah 37:20Now therefore, Hashem Eloheinu, save us from his yad, that kol mamlechot ha'aretz may know that Thou art Hashem, even Thou only.

Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done it, 1 calling forth the dorot from the beginning? 1 I Hashem, the Rishon (First), 1 and with the Acharonim (Last ones); I am He. 1

Isaiah 41:21Present your case, saith Hashem; 1 bring forth your strong arguments for proof, saith Melech Ya'akov. 1

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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