Yesaya 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ¹ 

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; ² 

there is none but me.

Yesaya 47:8

47:8 So now, listen to this,

O one who lives so lavishly, ³ 

who lives securely,

who says to herself, ⁴ 

‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! ⁵ 

I will never have to live as a widow;

I will never lose my children.’ ⁶ 

[45:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ² tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[47:8]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”

[47:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[47:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.

[47:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”