Yesaya 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ¹ 

Yesaya 43:10-11

43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,

“my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may consider ²  and believe in me,

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and none will outlive me. ³ 

43:11 I, I am the Lord,

and there is no deliverer besides me.

Yesaya 44:6

The Absurdity of Idolatry

44:6 This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,

their protector, ⁴  the Lord who commands armies:

“I am the first and I am the last,

there is no God but me.

Yesaya 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁵ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Yesaya 54:5

54:5 For your husband is the one who made you –

the Lord who commands armies is his name.

He is your protector, ⁶  the Holy One of Israel. ⁷ 

He is called “God of the entire earth.”

[37:20]  ¹ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[43:10]  ² tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[43:10]  ³ tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”

[44:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[45:22]  ⁵ 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.”

[54:5]  ⁶ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[54:5]  ⁷ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.