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I am the Lord, and there is no other besides me:
    and there are no gods.[a]
I’m strengthening you,
    although you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the sun’s rising[b] to the west
    people may know that there is none besides me.

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.”

God is Sovereign

“I form light and create darkness,
I make goodness[c] and create disaster.
    I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:5 So 1QIsaa; MT 1QIsab read there is no other: besides me there are no gods
  2. Isaiah 45:6 I.e. the east
  3. Isaiah 45:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads well-being; LXX reads peace

I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
    apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(D)
people may know(E) there is none besides me.(F)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,(G)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(H)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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