Deuteronomy 32:31

32:31 For our enemies’ ¹  rock is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.

Deuteronomy 32:39

The Vindication of the Lord

32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, ² 

“and there is no other god besides me.

I kill and give life,

I smash and I heal,

and none can resist ³  my power.

Deuteronomy 32:1

Invocation of Witnesses

32:1 Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;

hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Deuteronomy 2:2

2:2 At this point the Lord said to me,

Isaiah 44:6

The Absurdity of Idolatry

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

their protector, ⁴  the Lord who commands armies:

“I am the first and I am the last,

there is no God but me.

Isaiah 44:8

44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ⁵ 

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; ⁶  I know of none.

Isaiah 45:5-6

45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, ⁷ 

there is no God but me.

I arm you for battle, ⁸  even though you do not recognize ⁹  me.

45:6 I do this ¹⁰  so people ¹¹  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ¹² 

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; ¹³ 

there is none but me.

Jeremiah 10:6-7

10:6 I said, ¹⁴ 

“There is no one like you, Lord. ¹⁵ 

You are great.

And you are renowned for your power. ¹⁶ 

10:7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, ¹⁷ 

because you deserve to be revered. ¹⁸ 

For there is no one like you

among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. ¹⁹ 

Jeremiah 10:16

10:16 The Lord, who is the inheritance ²⁰  of Jacob’s descendants, ²¹  is not like them.

He is the one who created everything.

And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. ²² 

He is known as the Lord who rules over all.” ²³ 

[32:31]  ¹ tn Heb “their,” but the referent (enemies) is specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[32:39]  ² tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[32:39]  ³ tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).

[44:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[44:8]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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.”

[45:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.

[45:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).

[45:5]  ⁹ tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”

[45:6]  ¹⁰ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[45:21]  ¹² tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ¹³ tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[10:6]  ¹⁴ tn The words “I said” are not in the Hebrew text, but there appears to be a shift in speaker. Someone is now addressing the Lord. The likely speaker is Jeremiah, so the words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:6]  ¹⁵ tn The form that introduces this line has raised debate. The form מֵאֵין (me’en) normally means “without” and introduces a qualification of a term expressing desolation or “so that not” and introduces a negative result (cf. BDB 35 s.v. II אַיִן 6.b). Neither of these nuances fit either this verse or the occurrence in v. 7. BDB 35 s.v. II אַיִן 6.b.γ notes that some have explained this as a strengthened form of אַיִן (’ayin) which occurs in a similar phrase five other times (cf., e.g., 1 Kgs 8:23). Though many including BDB question the validity of this solution it is probably better than the suggestion that BDB gives of repointing to מֵאַיִן (me’ayin, “whence”), which scarcely fits the context of v. 7, or the solution of HALOT 41 s.v. I אַיִן, which suggests that the מ (mem) is a double writing (dittograph) of the final consonant from the preceding word. That would assume that the scribe made the same error twice or was influenced the second time by the first erroneous writing.

[10:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Great is your name in power.”

[10:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Who should not revere you…?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

[10:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “For it is fitting to you.”

[10:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “their royalty/dominion.” This is a case of substitution of the abstract for the concrete “royalty, royal power” for “kings” who exercise it.

[10:16]  ²⁰ tn The words “The Lord who is” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. For the significance of the words that follow them see the study note that follows.

[10:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “The Portion of Jacob.” “Descendants” is implied, and is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ²² tn Heb “And Israel is the tribe of his possession.”

[10:16]  ²³ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies is his name.”