I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
- KJV I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
- NKJV I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.”
- NASB “I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.”
- NLT I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King.
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Quick answer
God identifies Himself as Israel's Holy One, Creator, and King. It anchors His people's hope in who He is.
Overview
In rapid titles God reaffirms His holiness, creative power, and royal rule over Israel. These names give weight to His promises of redemption. As Creator and King, He is the same God who reigns in Christ, the King who redeems and rules over His people forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Isa 43:1Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Isa 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Isa 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- Isa 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Isa 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- Isa 45:11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
- Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
- Jer 51:5For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
- Hab 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- Ps 74:12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
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