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23 I solemnly make this oath[a]
what I say is true and reliable:[b]
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm;[c]
24 they will say about me,
“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’”[d]
All who are angry at him will cower before him.[e]
25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord
and will boast in him.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
  2. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
  3. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
  4. Isaiah 45:24 tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”
  5. Isaiah 45:24 tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”
  6. Isaiah 45:25 tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”