Isaiah 45:14

This is what the Lord says: “The profit ¹  of Egypt and the revenue ²  of Ethiopia, along with the Sabeans, those tall men, will be brought to you ³  and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. ⁴  They will bow down to you and pray to you: ⁵  ‘Truly God is with ⁶  you; he has no peer; ⁷  there is no other God!’”

Ex 11:8; Nu 13:32; 2Sa 21:20; Es 8:17; Job 1:15; Ps 68:30,31; Ps 72:10-15; Ps 149:6,8; Isa 10:33; Isa 14:2; Isa 18:7; Isa 19:23-25; Isa 23:18; Isa 44:8; Isa 45:5,6; Isa 45:24; Isa 49:23; Isa 60:5-16; Isa 60:14; Isa 61:5,6; Isa 61:5,9; Isa 66:19,20; Jer 16:19; Eze 23:42; Eze 31:3; Joe 3:8; Zec 8:20-23; Zec 8:22,23; Ac 10:25,26; 1Co 8:4-6; 1Co 14:25; 1Th 1:9; Re 3:9

¹ tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”

² tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”

³ tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”

⁴ sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.

⁵ sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.

⁶ tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”

⁷ 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.