Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
- KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
- NKJV Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
- NASB “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me,
- NLT Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.
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Quick answer
Remember God's mighty acts of old, for he alone is God and there is none like him. History testifies to his uniqueness.
Overview
God grounds present trust in past deliverances: recall the former things and you will know there is no other God. Memory of his works fuels faith. This is the same logic by which the church remembers the cross and resurrection as the decisive proof that our God alone saves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Isa 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
- Ps 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- Isa 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Deut 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- Deut 32:7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Isa 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Isa 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
- Isa 45:5–6I 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,
- Neh 9:7–37You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Jer 23:7–8So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
- Isa 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- Dan 9:6–15We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Ps 105:1–45Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Ps 78:1–72A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
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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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