Yesaya 45:23

45:23 I solemnly make this oath ¹  –

what I say is true and reliable: ² 

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm; ³ 

Yesaya 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ⁴ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ⁵ 

you are not afraid of me. ⁶ 

[45:23]  ¹ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

[45:23]  ² tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

[45:23]  ³ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

[57:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ⁶ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.