Isaiah 45:6
in Isaiah 45so 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.
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ASV
that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
KJV
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
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This verse in Isaiah 45
Commentary
11 notes on this verse(Verse 6) So that they may know, from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me ((Previously it was added: God)). I am the Lord, and there is no other. And I have done these things so that from the East and the West the whole world may recognize that there is no other God besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other. For the Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father.
This site's exposition
I will equip you for battle
on Isaiah 45:5-6
Verse 5 restates the trial’s verdict, “I am the LORD, and there is no other”. It repeats the point of verse 4, that Cyrus serves a God he does not know. Verse 6 names the inhabited world as the audience, “from where the sun rises to where it sets”.
This site's exposition
from where the sun rises
Barnes reports how Kimchi explains the east and west. The earth was thought habitable along the course of the sun and less so from north to south. Barnes finds the LORD made known in Ezra 1, where Cyrus proclaimed the LORD had given him all the kingdoms of the earth.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
(Chapter 45, Verses 1-7) Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, his anointed one, whom he has taken by the right hand to subdue nations before him and strip the loins of kings, to force gateways before him that their gates be closed no more: I will go before you, and level the mountains; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
And inasmuch as this Son is undivided and inseparable from the Father, so is he to be reckoned as being in the Father, even when he is not named. The fact is, if he had named him expressly, he would have separated him, saying in so many words, "Beside me there is none else, except my Son." In short, he would have made his Son actually another, after excepting him from others.
The prophets were not denying the Son (God forbid!), but they wished to cure the Jews of their weakness and, meanwhile, to persuade them to give up their belief in the many gods that did not exist.
The Medieval Church1 voice
860. That they may know. Here he shows the fruit in others. And first, he shows that in others he seeks the fruit of knowledge of him: who are from the rising of the sun, that is, living throughout the entire world; and this was …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is here said to Cyrus, not only to cure him of the sin of his ancestors, which was the worshipping of idols, but to prevent his falling into the sin of some of his predecessors in victory and universal monarchy, which was the setting up of themselves for gods and being idolized, to which some attribute much of the origin of idolatry.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west - This phrase is evidently used here to designate the whole world. Kimchi says, that the reason why the north and the south are not mentioned here is, that the earth from the east to the west is perfectly inhabitable, but not so from the north to the south. That this was accomplished, see Ezr 1:1 ff Cyrus made public proclamation that Yahweh had given him all the kingdoms of the earth, and had commanded him to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
From the rising to the setting of the sun, that is, from east to west, the whole habitable world. It is not said, "from north to south," for that would not imply the habitable world, as, "from east to west" does (Ezr 1:1, &c.).
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| יֵדְע֗וּ | yedeu | they may know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| מִמִּזְרַח־ | mimizrach- | from [the] rising of | H4217 → | 74 times |
| שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ | shemesh | [the] sun | H8121 → | 134 times |
| וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔ה | umimaaravah | and from setting place its | H4628 → | 14 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֶ֖פֶס | ʾefes | nothing | H657 → | 44 times |
| בִּלְעָדָ֑י | biladai | [is] apart from me | H1107 → | 17 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ | od | [is] yet | H5750 → | 490 times |
לְמַ֣עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
יֵדְע֗וּthey may know
yedeuH3045 →945 times
מִמִּזְרַח־from [the] rising of
mimizrach-H4217 →74 times
שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙[the] sun
shemeshH8121 →134 times
וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔הand from setting place its
umimaaravahH4628 →14 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֶ֖פֶסnothing
ʾefesH657 →44 times
בִּלְעָדָ֑י[is] apart from me
biladaiH1107 →17 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֖ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֵ֥יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
עֽוֹד׃[is] yet
odH5750 →490 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
Psalms 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:23
I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
- Zechariah 2:13
Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
- Psalms 83:18
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:23
Through
Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus 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.
- Isaiah 44:8
Do 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.”
- Isaiah 46:9
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- Isaiah 44:6
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; John Chrysostom, AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS, HOMILY 5:23; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Tertullian, AGAINST PRAXEAS 18 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.