Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; 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.
- BSB Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; 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.
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- Isa 45:21–22Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- Isa 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
- Ps 111:4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
- Isa 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- Deut 33:26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Deut 32:7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
- Isa 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
- Isa 65:17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Isa 45:5–6I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
- Neh 9:7–37Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- Jer 23:7–8Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
- Isa 45:14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
- Dan 9:6–15Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Ps 105:1–45O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Ps 78:1–72Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears 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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