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Every Knee will Bow

23 By myself I have sworn—
    from my mouth has gone out integrity,
        a promise[a] that won’t be revoked:
‘To me every knee will bow,
    and[b] every tongue will swear.’
24 One will say of me,[c]
    ‘Only in the Lord are victories and might.’
All who raged against him will come[d] to him
    and will be put to shame.
25 In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
    will triumph and make their boast.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 Lit. word
  2. Isaiah 45:23 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one said of me; LXX reads saying
  4. Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa MTmss LXX (pl.); MT (sing.)

23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(F) and strength.(G)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(H)
25 But all the descendants(I) of Israel
    will find deliverance(J) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(K)

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