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I, even I, am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
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God's Unrivaled Identity
Commentators emphasize the repeated phrase "I, even I" to show God's absolute and exclusive identity as Yahweh. This is a powerful declaration against all idols and false gods. As John Calvin notes, we should not invent our own ideas about God but embrace Him as He has revealed Himself—the one and only true God.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I, even I, am the Lord - The repetition of the pronoun ‘I’ makes it emphatic. The design is, to affirm that there was no other bein…
19th Century
Baptist
That you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, a…
16th Century
Protestant
I, I am Jehovah. Here the Lord employs lofty language, as having obtained the victory. He had already sufficiently explained how …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I, even I, am the Lord Jehovah, the self-existing, eternal, and immutable Being; this is doubled for the confirmatio…
Idolaters are called to appear in defense of their idols. Those who make them, and trust in them, are like them. They have the shape and faculties …
13th Century
Catholic
And now thus says the LORD. Here he shows them divine love through the remedies he granted them in their difficulties. This is d…
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