Isaiah 44:8

Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ¹  Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; ²  I know of none.

Ge 15:13-21; Ge 28:13-15; Ge 46:3; Ge 48:19; Ge 49:1-28; Le 26:1-46; De 4:25-31; De 4:35,39; De 28:1-68; De 32:4,31; De 32:39; 1Sa 2:2; 2Sa 22:32; Ezr 1:2; Ezr 8:22; Ps 18:31; Pr 3:25,26; Isa 41:10-14; Isa 42:9; Isa 43:10,12; Isa 44:2; Isa 44:6; Isa 45:5,6; Isa 46:9; Isa 48:5; Jer 10:7; Jer 30:10,11; Da 2:28,47; Da 3:16-28; Da 4:25; Da 5:23-30; Da 6:22; Joh 1:1; Joh 6:10; Joh 10:30; Ac 1:8; Ac 14:15; Ac 17:23-31; Heb 12:1; 1Jo 1:2

¹ tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

² tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”