Exodus 6:2

6:2 God spoke ¹  to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. ² 

Isaiah 43:11-15

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; ³ 

I will act, and who can prevent it?”

The Lord Will Do Something New

43:14 This is what the Lord says,

your protector, ⁴  the Holy One of Israel: ⁵ 

“For your sake I send to Babylon

and make them all fugitives, ⁶ 

turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. ⁷ 

43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, ⁸ 

the one who created Israel, your king.”

Ezekiel 12:16

12:16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

[6:2]  ¹ tn Heb “And God spoke.”

[6:2]  ² sn The announcement “I am the Lord” (Heb “Yahweh”) draws in the preceding revelation in Exod 3:15. In that place God called Moses to this task and explained the significance of the name “Yahweh” by the enigmatic expression “I am that I am.” “I am” (אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh) is not a name; “Yahweh” is. But the explanation of the name with this sentence indicates that Yahweh is the one who is always there, and that guarantees the future, for everything he does is consistent with his nature. He is eternal, never changing; he remains. Now, in Exodus 6, the meaning of the name “Yahweh” will be more fully unfolded.

[43:13]  ³ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”

[43:14]  ⁴ tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[43:14]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”

[43:14]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.

[43:15]  ⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.