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23 I have sworn by myself, and I will never go back on my word, for it is true—that every knee in all the world shall bow to me, and every tongue shall swear allegiance to my name.

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23 (A)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in (B)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
(C)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[a]

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  1. Isaiah 45:23 Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God

23 I have sworn by my own name;
    I have spoken the truth,
    and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
    and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.[a]

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  1. 45:23 Hebrew will confess; Greek version reads will declare allegiance to God. Compare Rom 14:11.