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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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
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- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
- Ps 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Isa 37:20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
- Ezek 38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ps 83:18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Ps 102:15–16So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- 1 Sam 17:46–47This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- Ezek 39:21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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