Isaiah 44:8

Don’t fear, 2 neither be afraid. 1 Haven’t I sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· it to you long ago, 2 and shown it? 1 You are my witnesses. 2 Is there a God besides me? 1 Indeed, there is not. 2 I don’t know any other Rock.” 1

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In The King James Version

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

In Context

7Who is like me? 2 Who will call, 2 and will declare it, 2 and set it in order for me, 2 since I established the ancient people? 1 Let them declare the things that are coming, 2 and that will happen. 1

9Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. 2 The things that they delight in will not profit. 2 Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 28:13Behold, Adonai stood above it, and said, “I am Adonai, the God of Abraham [Father of a multitude] your father, and the God of Isaac [Laughter]. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.

Genesis 48:19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”

Leviticus 26:1+ 26:1. Lev 26:1 (#2a.72): T. Not to set up a stone as an idol for worship / R. Not to bow down to a smooth, figured stone “‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up an engraved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to it; for I am Adonai your God.

Deuteronomy 4:35It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh [He sustains breathing] is God. There is no one else besides him, + 4:35. Quoted in Mark 4:35, 12:32

Deuteronomy 28:1It shall happen, if you shall sh'ma ·hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey· Adonai your God’s voice, to observe to do all his mitzvot ·instructions· which I enjoin you today, that Adonai your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, 2 even our enemies themselves concede. 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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