Isaiah 43:12

Translations

Modern

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Traditional

I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

Literal

I have declared it and saved and proclaimed, and there is no one strange among you! And you are My witnesses,” a declaration of YHWH, “And I am God.

Latin

Ego annuntiavi, et salvavi; auditum feci, et non fuit in vobis alienus: vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et ego Deus.

Original

Hebrew

English

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Notes

Isaiah 43:8–13

The Lord here called on Israel, his blind servant, to be his star witness in a mock trial against idols and false gods. Israel knew that the Lord alone is God, and the people had experienced his salvation.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The Holy One of Israel

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Psalm 81:9–10
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Isaiah 44:8
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
Deuteronomy 32:12
The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
Isaiah 43:10
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Isaiah 37:20
And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Isaiah 48:4–7
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
Isaiah 37:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Isaiah 46:9–10
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Isaiah 37:35–36
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Courts and Trials Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom Savior

Topics

Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel God: Saviour Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Promises Ultimate Restoration of the Jews

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