Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
Parallel translations
- KJV Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
- BSB Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- NKJV “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
- NASB “Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
- NLT “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 12:29–32Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
- Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Isa 45:5–6I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
- John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
- Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
- Isa 42:8“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
- Deut 4:35–36It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.
- Jer 10:10–11But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
- 1 Cor 8:4–6Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
- 1 Kgs 18:21Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
- Deut 5:6“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- 1 Chr 29:10Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
- 2 Kgs 19:5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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