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Isaiah 44:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Do not be startled or afraid. 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 do not know any.

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‘You are my witnesses’   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.


There is no one holy like the  Lord. There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God.


You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.


Today, recognise and keep in mind that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.


I and the Father are one.’


In the beginning  was the Word,  and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


You will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.


This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer,  the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.


For who is God besides the  Lord? And who is a rock? Only our God.


See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.


Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me.


My God sent his angel  and shut the lions’ mouths; and they haven’t harmed me, for I was found innocent before him. And also before you, Your Majesty, I have not done harm.’


You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle  and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.


The king said to Daniel, ‘Your God is indeed God of gods, Lord of kings,  and a revealer of mysteries,  since you were able to reveal this mystery.’


But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has let King Nebuchadnezzar know what will happen in the last days.  Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay in bed  were these:


Who should not fear you, King of the nations? It is what you deserve. For among all the wise people of the nations and among all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.


therefore I declared to you long ago. I announced it to you before it occurred, so you could not claim, “My idol caused them; my carved image and cast idol control them.”


This is the word of the  Lord your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb: He will help you. Do not fear, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun  whom I have chosen.


I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed – and not some foreign god  among you. So you are my witnesses’ – this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘and  I am God.


The past events have indeed happened. Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.’


Your singing will be like that on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the  Lord, to the Rock of Israel.


I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, ‘The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.’


This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.


But their ‘rock’ is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.


The Rock   #– #his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God,  without bias, he is righteous and true.


But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,  and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.’


God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.


that life was revealed,  and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us   #– #


Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses  surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance  the race that lies before us,


‘People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things  to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.  ,


But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’


Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.


For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have failed to remember the rock of your strength; therefore you will plant beautiful plants and set out cuttings from exotic vines.


Trust in the Lord for ever, because in the Lord, the  Lord  himself, is an everlasting rock!


Tell us the coming events, then we will know that you are gods. Indeed, do something good or bad, then we will be in awe  when we see it.


I #– #I am the Lord. Besides me, there is no Saviour.


I have not spoken in secret, somewhere in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob: Seek me in a wasteland. I am the Lord, who speaks righteously, who declares what is right.


I declared the past events long ago; they came out of my mouth; I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.


All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled. Who among them can declare this, and tell us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves, so that people may hear and say, ‘It is true.’





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