Text -- Isaiah 45:5 (NET)

45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 45:5

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

² tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).

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