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Isaiah 46:8-9 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 46 · verses 8–9
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. 9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,Isaiah 46:8-9 · King James Version
Isaiah 46:8-9 in context
6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- mindlêbthe heartH3820 →
- noneʼepheçcessationH657 →
- oldʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-13