23 I have sworn by myself: the word is gone out of my mouth in [a]righteousness, and shall not return, That every [b]knee shall bow unto me, and every tongue shall swear by me.

24 Surely [c]he shall say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength: he shall come unto him, and all that [d]provoke him shall be ashamed.

25 The whole seed of Israel shall be justified, and glory in the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 That is, that the thing which I have promised shall be faithfully performed.
  2. Isaiah 45:23 The knowledge of God and the true worshipping shall be through all the world, Rom. 14:11; Phil. 2:10, whereby he signifieth that we must not only serve God in heart, but declare the same also by outward profession.
  3. Isaiah 45:24 Meaning, the faithful shall feel and confess this.
  4. Isaiah 45:24 All the contemners of God.

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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