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.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says Yahweh, “and I am God.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, And there was no foreign god among you; Therefore you are My witnesses,” Says the Lord, “that I am God.
- NASB “It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no strange god among you; So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “And I am God.
- NLT First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this. You are witnesses that I am the only God,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
God reminds Israel that He alone declared, saved, and proclaimed, with no foreign god among them, making them His witnesses. It bases their testimony on God's proven saving acts.
Overview
The LORD points to His track record of foretelling and delivering as evidence of His deity. No strange god shared in these works, so Israel can only witness to Him. Their role as witnesses anticipates the disciples called to testify to the saving acts of God in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 81:9–10There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
- Isa 44:8Do 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.”
- Deut 32:12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 37:7Behold, 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.’”
- Isa 46:9–10Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- Isa 48:4–7For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- Isa 37:20And 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.”
- Isa 37:35–36‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
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