Isaiah 43:10

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⁸ Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

⁹ All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

“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.

¹¹ I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

¹² I 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “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.
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.
WEB: “You are my witnesses,” says the LORD, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: “You⁺ [are] My witnesses,” a declaration of YHWH, “And My servant whom I have chosen, that you⁺ may know and believe in Me, and understand that I [am] He. Before Me no god was formed, and none will be after Me.

ÅB: Dere er mine vitner, sier Herren, og min tjener, som jeg har utvalgt, for at dere skal kjenne og tro meg og forstå at jeg er Gud[^4]; før meg er ingen gud blitt til, og etter meg skal det ingen komme.
OTB: “Dere er mine vitner,” sier Herren, “og min tjener som jeg har utvalgt, så dere kan kjenne og tro meg og forstå at jeg er han. Før meg ble ingen gud dannet, og det skal heller ikke være noen etter meg.
B1930: I er mine vidner, sier Herren, og min tjener, som jeg har utvalgt, forat I skal kjenne og tro mig og forstå at jeg er Gud; før mig er ingen gud blitt til, og efter mig skal det ingen komme. / < 5MO 32, 39.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.”
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Isaiah 45:6
so 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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Isaiah 46:8–9
Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
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Isaiah 43:12
I 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.
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Isaiah 40:21–22
Do 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?
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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.”
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Philippians 2:7
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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Isaiah 44:6–8
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.
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