Isaiah 45:5

45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, ¹ 

there is no God but me.

I arm you for battle, ²  even though you do not recognize ³  me.

Isaiah 46:9

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ⁴ 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ⁵ 

I am God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 53:4

53:4 But he lifted up our illnesses,

he carried our pain; ⁶ 

even though we thought he was being punished,

attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done. ⁷ 

Isaiah 13:19

13:19 Babylon, the most admired ⁸  of kingdoms,

the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, ⁹ 

will be destroyed by God

just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 35:4

35:4 Tell those who panic, ¹¹ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ¹² 

Isaiah 37:17

37:17 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ¹³ 

Isaiah 37:19

37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations, ¹⁴  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 41:23

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ¹⁶ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 44:6

The Absurdity of Idolatry

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

their protector, ¹⁸  the Lord who commands armies:

“I am the first and I am the last,

there is no God but me.

Isaiah 64:4

64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, ¹⁹ 

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 37:4

37:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ²⁰  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ²¹  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ²² 

Isaiah 45:14

The Lord is the Nations’ Only Hope

45:14 This is what the Lord says:

“The profit ²³  of Egypt and the revenue ²⁴  of Ethiopia,

along with the Sabeans, those tall men,

will be brought to you ²⁵  and become yours.

They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. ²⁶ 

They will bow down to you

and pray to you: ²⁷ 

‘Truly God is with ²⁸  you; he has no peer; ²⁹ 

there is no other God!’”

Isaiah 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ³⁰ 

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; ³¹ 

there is none but me.

Isaiah 58:2

58:2 They seek me day after day;

they want to know my requirements, ³² 

like a nation that does what is right

and does not reject the law of their God.

They ask me for just decrees;

they want to be near God.

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

[45:5]  ² tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).

[45:5]  ³ tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”

[46:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[53:4]  ⁷ sn Illness and pain stand by metonymy (or perhaps as metaphors) for sin and its effects, as vv. 11-12 make clear.

[53:4]  ⁸ tn The words “for something he had done” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The group now realizes he suffered because of his identification with them, not simply because he was a special target of divine anger.

[13:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).

[13:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”

[13:19]  ¹² tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.

[35:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ¹⁴ tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[37:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Hear all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

[37:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

[37:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).

[41:23]  ²² tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

[41:23]  ²³ tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

[44:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[64:4]  ²⁸ tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”

[37:4]  ³¹ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[37:4]  ³² tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[37:4]  ³³ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[45:14]  ³⁴ tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”

[45:14]  ³⁵ tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”

[45:14]  ³⁶ tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”

[45:14]  ³⁷ sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.

[45:14]  ³⁸ sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.

[45:14]  ³⁹ tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”

[45:14]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22.

[45:21]  ³⁷ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ³⁸ tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[58:2]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “ways” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV); NLT “my laws.”