Isaiah 45:23
By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
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In Context
22Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Cross References
Genesis 22:16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie,nor the son of man, that he should repent.Has he said, and will he not do it?Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
2 Chronicles 15:14They swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God.Everyone who swears by him will praise him,for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
Psalms 132:2how he swore to the Lord,and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Isaiah 21:17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken 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 →