Isaiah 45:23 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 45:23

By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

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ASV

By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 23) By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.' LXX: By myself I swear: righteousness will go out of my mouth, my words will not be turned away, for every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will swear and confess to God, saying.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 18 seqq.) Because this is what the Lord says, the one who created the heavens, the one who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it; he did not create it in vain, but formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a dark place on the earth. I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I am the Lord, speaking truth, declaring what is right.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Observe, First, All believers are the seed of Israel, an upright praying seed. Secondly, The great privilege they enjoy by Jesus Christ is that in him, and for his sake, they are justified before God, Christ being made of God to them righteousness.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I have sworn by myself - This verse contains a fuller statement of the truth intimated in the previous verse, that the benefits of salvation should yet be extended to all the world. It is the expression of God’s solemn purpose that all nations should yet be brought to acknowledge him, and partake of the benefits of the true religion. The expression, ‘I have sworn by myself,’ denotes a purpose formed in the most solemn manner, and ratified in the most sacred form.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּ֣י	bi	by myself
נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי	nish.Ba'.ti	I swear	H7650 →
יָצָ֨א	ya.Tza'	it goes forth	H3318 →
מִפִּ֧י	mi.Pi	from mouth my	H6310 →
צְדָקָ֛ה	tze.da.Kah	righteousness	H6666 →
דָּבָ֖ר	da.Var	a word	H1697 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָשׁ֑וּב	ya.Shuv	it will return	H7725 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
לִי֙	li	to me
תִּכְרַ֣ע	tikh.Ra'	it will bow down	H3766 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
בֶּ֔רֶךְ	Be.rekh	knee	H1290 →
תִּשָּׁבַ֖ע	ti.sha.Va'	it will swear	H7650 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
לָשֽׁוֹן׃	la.Shon	tongue	H3956 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
leads to
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Isaiah 46:10
  I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Romans 10:17
  Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- John 6:63
  The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Luke 8:11–16
  Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Through
Philippians 2:10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
leads to
- Isaiah 45:23–25
  By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Revelation 5:13–14
  And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to…

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