I am the Lord ... - (see the notes at Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 43:2; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:14,[Refer…

There is no God beside me. — Commonly, the formula is used in antithesis to polytheism. Possibly we may think of it here as in contrast wi…

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me. That they may know from the ris…

I am Jehovah. He confirms the preceding statement, and the repetition is not superfluous. It was fitting for it to be often repeated to Cy…

I am the Lord, and there is none else Whom you, O Cyrus, for the words are directed to him, ought to own, serve, and wors…

There is no God besides Jehovah. Nothing is done without Him. He makes peace, which here signifies all good; and He creates evil (not the evil of s…