Isaiah 45:23-25

45:23 I solemnly make this oath

what I say is true and reliable:

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm;

45:24 they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’”

All who are angry at him will cower before him.

45:25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord

and will boast in him.


tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”

tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”

tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”