Isaiah 45:19

Translations

Modern

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Traditional

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Literal

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the land; I have not said to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain!’ I am YHWH, the One speaking righteousness, declaring uprightness.

Latin

Non in abscondito locutus sum, in loco terræ tenebroso; non dixi semini Jacob frustra: Quærite me: ego Dominus loquens justitiam, annuntians recta.

Original

Hebrew

English

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Notes

Isaiah 45:18–25

Salvation comes only from the Lord. He is the creator, the revealer, and the one who carries out his will in human history. He promised to start a new era of salvation and righteousness (see Isaiah 45:8). Every person will submit to God, either by choice or not (Isaiah 45:23–24).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The Creation

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 48:16
Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
Numbers 23:19–20
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Amos 5:4
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
Jeremiah 29:13–14
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
John 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
Psalm 9:10
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Psalm 69:32
The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
James 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Psalm 111:7–8
The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
Malachi 3:13–14
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

Parallels

2 Chronicles 36:22–23 Ezra 1:1–4

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Gods and Goddesses Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom Righteousness

Topics

Darkness: Secrecy God: Holiness of Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning Seeking God is Never in Vain Wicked (People): Prayer of

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