Isaiah 43:12 “I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god…”

Isaiah 43:12

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

World English Bible

I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says the LORD, “and I am God.

American Standard Version

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue declared, and I haue saued, and I haue shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, sayeth the Lord, that I am God.

Darby Translation

It is I that have declared, and have saved, and have shewed, when there was no strange [god] among you; and ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, that I [am] God.

Young's Literal Translation

I — I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And ye [are] My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I [am] God.

Bible in Basic English

I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“declared”

Isaiah 37:7 Isaiah 48:4–7 Isaiah 37:35 Isaiah 37:36 Isaiah 46:10

Isaiah 37:7 · BSB

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Isaiah 48:4–7 · BSB

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Isaiah 37:35 · BSB

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 46:10 · BSB

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

“no strange”

Deuteronomy 32:12 Psalm 81:9 Psalm 81:10

Deuteronomy 32:12 · BSB

The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

Psalm 81:9 · BSB

There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

Psalm 81:10 · BSB

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

“my witnesses”

Isaiah 44:8 Isaiah 43:10 Isaiah 37:20 Isaiah 46:9

Isaiah 44:8 · BSB

Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

Isaiah 43:10 · BSB

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

Isaiah 37:20 · BSB

And 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. ”

Isaiah 46:9 · BSB

Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

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