so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.
- KJV That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
- NKJV That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other;
- NASB So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no one else,
- NLT so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
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Quick answer
God's purpose in raising Cyrus is global: that people everywhere, east to west, may know Yahweh is the only God.
Overview
The deliverance of Israel through Cyrus is meant to display God's uniqueness to the whole world, 'from the rising of the sun' to the west. Isaiah repeatedly frames Israel's redemption as a witness to the nations. This missionary horizon finds its fulfillment in the gospel going out to all peoples, so that every nation may know the one true God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Ps 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- 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.”
- Ezek 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Ps 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Ps 102:15–16So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
- 1 Sam 17:46–47This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- Ezek 39:21I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
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