Isaiah 46:9
in Isaiah 46Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
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ASV
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
KJV
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
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This verse in Isaiah 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Remember the former things ... - Bear in mind the repeated and constant proofs that have been given that Yahweh is the true God - the proofs derived from the prediction of future events, and from the frequent interpositions of his providence in your behalf as a nation. For I am God - (See the notes at Isa 44:6).
This site's exposition
Remember this and be brave
on Isaiah 46:8-11
“Remember this and be brave” opens the chapter’s second argument, a trial of prediction. The LORD names “a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land”. The traditional identification is Cyrus, named at 44:28; “My purpose will stand” rests the claim on fulfilment.
This site's exposition
Remember what happened long ago
Barnes names two kinds of proof to remember. God had foretold events long ago before they happened, and he had come again and again to deliver his people. The claim that there is none like God repeats Isaiah 44:6.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8 onwards) Remember this, and be established, and return, you transgressors, to the heart. Recall the former age, for I am God, and there is no other God, nor is there anyone like me. I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago the things that have not yet been done, saying: My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all my desire.
The Medieval Church1 voice
The former age, in which I gave you many benefits: I thought upon the days of old (Ps 77:5).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Remember those things, and you will own that I am God and there is none else. " This is a good reason why we should give glory to him as a nonsuch, and why we should not give that glory to any other which is due to him alone, Exod. xv. (2.) To the sacred prophecy.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
[I] tell the end from the beginning The Egyptian exile and its redemption I announced in the Covenant between the Segments, before they came about.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זִכְר֥וּ | zikhru | remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹת | rishonot | former [things] | H7223 → | 182 times |
| מֵעוֹלָ֑ם | meolam | from long ago | H5769 → | 438 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| אֵל֙ | ʾel | [am] God | H410 → | 241 times |
| וְאֵ֣ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| ע֔וֹד | od | [is] yet | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאֶ֥פֶס | veefes | and there not | H657 → | 44 times |
| כָּמֽוֹנִי׃ | kamoni | [is] like me | H3644 → | 143 times |
זִכְר֥וּremember
zikhruH2142 →230 times
רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתformer [things]
rishonotH7223 →182 times
מֵעוֹלָ֑םfrom long ago
meolamH5769 →438 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
אֵל֙[am] God
ʾelH410 →241 times
וְאֵ֣יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
ע֔וֹד[is] yet
odH5750 →490 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וְאֶ֥פֶסand there not
veefesH657 →44 times
כָּמֽוֹנִי׃[is] like me
kamoniH3644 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 46:9–10
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- John 13:19
I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
- 2 Peter 1:19–21
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
- Isaiah 44:7–8
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take…
- Isaiah 43:19
Through
Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Exodus 15:11
Through
Isaiah 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Isaiah 40:25
“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Isaiah 40:18
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.