Discovery BoxIsaiah 45:22-23 
Context45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, 1
all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!
For I am God, and I have no peer.
45:23 I solemnly make this oath 2 –
what I say is true and reliable: 3
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 4
1 tn 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.”
2 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
3 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
4 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
