Isaiah 45:5

I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.

Young's Literal Translation

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 my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

6So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:39'And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned [it] back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He [is] God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath — there is none else;

1 Kings 8:60for all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He [is] God; there is none else;

Job 12:18The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.

Psalms 18:32God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way.

Psalms 18:39And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

Isaiah 22:21And I have clothed him with thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath been for a father to the inhabitant 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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