Isaiah 45:21-22

Context

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.

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered,³

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

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

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

[45:22] ³tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”