Yesaya 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ¹ 

Yesaya 44:6

The Absurdity of Idolatry

44:6 This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,

their protector, ²  the Lord who commands armies:

“I am the first and I am the last,

there is no God but me.

Yesaya 44:8

44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ³ 

Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?

You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?

There is no other sheltering rock; ⁴  I know of none.

Yesaya 45:6-7

45:6 I do this ⁵  so people ⁶  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

45:7 I am ⁷  the one who forms light

and creates darkness; ⁸ 

the one who brings about peace

and creates calamity. ⁹ 

I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Yesaya 45:14

The Lord is the Nations’ Only Hope

45:14 This is what the Lord says:

“The profit ¹⁰  of Egypt and the revenue ¹¹  of Ethiopia,

along with the Sabeans, those tall men,

will be brought to you ¹²  and become yours.

They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. ¹³ 

They will bow down to you

and pray to you: ¹⁴ 

‘Truly God is with ¹⁵  you; he has no peer; ¹⁶ 

there is no other God!’”

Yesaya 45:18

45:18 For this is what the Lord says,

the one who created the sky –

he is the true God, ¹⁷ 

the one who formed the earth and made it;

he established it,

he did not create it without order, ¹⁸ 

he formed it to be inhabited –

“I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Yesaya 45:21-22

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ¹⁹ 

Let them consult with one another!

Who predicted this in the past?

Who announced it beforehand?

Was it not I, the Lord?

I have no peer, there is no God but me,

a God who vindicates and delivers; ²⁰ 

there is none but me.

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ²¹ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Yesaya 46:9

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ²² 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ²³ 

I am God, and there is none like me,

[37:20]  ¹ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[44:6]  ² tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[44:8]  ³ tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

[44:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”

[45:6]  ⁵ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[45:7]  ⁷ tn The words “I am” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the participle at the beginning of v. 7 stands in apposition to “the Lord” in v. 6.

[45:7]  ⁸ tn On the surface v. 7a appears to describe God’s sovereign control over the cycle of day and night, but the following statement suggests that “light” and “darkness” symbolize “deliverance” and “judgment.”

[45:7]  ⁹ sn This verses affirms that God is ultimately sovereign over his world, including mankind and nations. In accordance with his sovereign will, he can cause wars to cease and peace to predominate (as he was about to do for his exiled people through Cyrus), or he can bring disaster and judgment on nations (as he was about to do to Babylon through Cyrus).

[45:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”

[45:14]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”

[45:14]  ¹² tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”

[45:14]  ¹³ sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.

[45:14]  ¹⁴ sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.

[45:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”

[45:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22.

[45:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.

[45:18]  ¹⁸ 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.

[45:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ²⁰ tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[45:22]  ²¹ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[46:9]  ²² tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ²³ tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).