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Isaiah 43:10

in Isaiah 43

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

KJV

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

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This verse in Isaiah 43

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Ye (the Israelites) are my witnesses, and my servant (the prophet) whom I have chosen - That whatever has been said before concerning Sennacherib has been literally fulfilled. The prophet had predicted it; the Israelites saw it accomplished. Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me - This is a most difficult place. Was there a time when God was not? No! Yet he says, before me. Will there be a time in which God will not exist? No! Yet he says, after me. Are not all these words to be referred to his creation?

This site's exposition

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord

on Isaiah 43:10-11

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord names Israel's own place in the trial, not a bystander but the exhibit itself, chosen to know and believe and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me states the claim the whole trial exists to prove, and verse 11 makes the exclusivity absolute, I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. Calvin and Barnes both read the doubled I, even I as Hebrew emphasis carrying the weight an English sentence needs a whole clause to hold.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Ye - You my people are able to witness for me, that I have given you plain demonstrations of my certain knowledge of future events. My servant - Cyrus who is an eminent instance and proof of God's foreknowledge: or, the Messiah, who is the most eminent witness in this cause.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ye--the Jews, to whom I have given predictions, verified by the event; and in delivering whom I have so often manifested My power (see Isa 43:3, 4; Isa 44:8). and my servant--that is, the whole Jewish people (Isa 41:8). believe--trust in. formed--before I existed none of the false gods were formed. "Formed" applies to the idols, not to God.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אַתֶּ֤םyou

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • עֵדַי֙[are] witnesses my

    ʾedaiH5707 →70 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְעַבְדִּ֖יand servant my

    veavdiH5650 →799 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בָּחָ֑רְתִּיI have chosen

    bacharetiH977 →171 times

  • לְמַ֣עַןso that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • תֵּ֠דְעוּyou may know

    tedeuH3045 →945 times

  • וְתַאֲמִ֨ינוּand you may believe

    vetaaminuH539 →106 times

  • לִ֤י<to> me

    li

  • וְתָבִ֙ינוּ֙and you may perceive

    vetavinuH995 →170 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • ה֔וּא[am] he

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • לְפָנַי֙<to> before me

    lefanaiH6440 →2123 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נ֣וֹצַרit was formed

    notzarH3335 →62 times

  • אֵ֔לa god

    ʾelH410 →241 times

  • וְאַחֲרַ֖יand after me

    veacharaiH310 →715 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִהְיֶֽה׃ סit will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.36 worksIsaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”25 worksIsaiah 45:6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.23 worksIsaiah 46:8–9Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!21 worksIsaiah 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”20 worksIsaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.19 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 43:12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.17 worksHaggai 2:23On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”14 worksActs 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”13 worksIsaiah 40:21–22Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?13 worksIsaiah 44:6–8Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.12 worksPhilippians 2:7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.12 worksJohn 13:19I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.10 worksRevelation 1:2who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.9 worksIsaiah 41:20so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”9 worksExodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.9 worksJohn 1:7–8He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.8 worksJohn 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.8 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 28:19

      Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

    • Mark 16:15

      And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

    • Romans 15:19

      by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    • Acts 4:33

      With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

    • Acts 5:32

      We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 41:4

    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 48:12

      Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

    • Revelation 22:13

      I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

    • Revelation 1:17

      When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Isaiah: the study guide →Read Isaiah 43 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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