Text -- Isaiah 43:8-13 (NET)

The Lord Declares His Sovereignty

43:8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears! 43:9 All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’ 43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me. 43:11 I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me. 43:12 I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God. 43:13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 43:9

¹ tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”

NET Notes: Isa 43:10

¹ tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”

NET Notes: Isa 43:13

¹ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”