Isaiah 45:6

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
know	יֵדְע֗וּ ye.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal jussive, 3rd person masculine plural
rising	מִמִּזְרַח mi.miz.rach-	H4217	sunrise · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
sun	שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ she.mesh	H8121	the sun · noun, common both genders singular absolute
west	וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔ה u.mi.Ma.'a.ra.Vah	H4628	the west (as a region of the evening sun) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
none	אֶ֖פֶס 'E.fes	H657	cessation · noun, common masculine singular absolute
beside	בִּלְעָדָ֑י bil.'a.Dai	H1107	except · cardinal number, both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense sh…
Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 17:46-47 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of th…
Psalms 102:15-16 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:5-10

God here asserts his sole and sovereign dominion, as that which he designed to prove and manifest to the world in all the great things he did for Cyrus and by him. Observe, I. How this doctrine is here laid down concerning the sovereignty of the great Jehovah, in two things: - 1. That he is God alone, and there is no God besides him. This is here inculcated as a fundamental truth, which, if it were firmly believed, would abolish idolatry out of the world. With what an awful, commanding, air of majesty and authority, bidding defiance, as it were, to all pretenders, does the great God here proclaim it to the world: I am the Lord, I the Lord, Jehovah, and there is none else, there is no God bes…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:6

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 conquest of Jerusalem by Babylon, the capital of the world, and the overthrow of Babylon and restoration of the Jews by Cyrus, who expressly acknowledged himself to be but the instrument in God's hands, were admirably suited to secure, throughout the world, the acknowledgment of Jehovah as the only true God.

John Gill on Isaiah 45:6

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,.... That all the inhabitants of the world, from east to west, which takes in the habitable part of the world, that from north to south not being entirely so; that all within this compass, by hearing what great things God did by Cyrus, and for his people, might know, own, and acknowledge, that there is none besides me: I am the Lord, and there is none else; or, "besides me there is nothing" (l); all creatures are nonentities in comparison of God; and he fills up all places, and everything lives, and moves, and has its being in him; and there is no God, the Lord, the eternal Jehovah, but the one true God, Father, Son, and Spiri…

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The Church Fathers

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.
— John Chrysostom, AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS, HOMILY 5:23

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.
— Tertullian, AGAINST PRAXEAS 18

(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. He who speaks in the Gospel: I and the Father are one (John 10:30). And it is written in the book of Ezra that Cyrus wrote to all nations that there is no God except the God of Israel. Or it is to be understood in this way, that the release of captives and the mercy of God towards his people has made God known to all nations.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Sun — (Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The…
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF
Sun, The · The Jews: Expressed the whole earth by, from rising of, to setting of — The Jews: Expressed the whole earth by, from rising of, to setting of
Unity Of God · Exhibited in: His works of creation and providence — Exhibited in: His works of creation and providence

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 45:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:5-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:6

John Gill on Isaiah 45:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 45:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:5-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:6

John Gill on Isaiah 45:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 45:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 45:4-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 45:4-5

Rashi on Isaiah 45:4