Yesaya 45:5

45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, ¹ 

there is no God but me.

I arm you for battle, ²  even though you do not recognize ³  me.

Yesaya 45:18

45:18 For this is what the Lord says,

the one who created the sky –

he is the true God, ⁴ 

the one who formed the earth and made it;

he established it,

he did not create it without order, ⁵ 

he formed it to be inhabited –

“I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Yesaya 14:13-14

14:13 You said to yourself, ⁶ 

“I will climb up to the sky.

Above the stars of El ⁷ 

I will set up my throne.

I will rule on the mountain of assembly

on the remote slopes of Zaphon. ⁸ 

14:14 I will climb up to the tops ⁹  of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High!” ¹⁰ 

[45:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.

[45:5]  ² tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).

[45:5]  ³ tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”

[45:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.

[45:18]  ⁵ tn Or “unformed.” Gen 1:2 describes the world as “unformed” (תֹהוּ, tohu) prior to God’s creative work, but God then formed the world and made it fit for habitation.

[14:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”

[14:13]  ⁷ sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.

[14:13]  ⁸ sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.

[14:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “the high places.” This word often refers to the high places where pagan worship was conducted, but here it probably refers to the “backs” or tops of the clouds. See HALOT 136 s.v. בָּמָה.

[14:14]  ¹⁰ sn Normally in the OT the title “Most High” belongs to the God of Israel, but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong, it probably refers to the Canaanite high god El.