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I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God.
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God's Unique Resume
Commentators explain that God proves His unique identity through a two-fold resume: He "declares" (predicts the future with perfect accuracy) and He "saves" (acts powerfully to deliver His people). This combination of foreknowledge and power, as noted by scholars like Calvin, sets Him apart from all idols, who can do neither. His track record is the ultimate proof that He alone is God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have declared - I have announced or predicted future events; I have warned of danger; I have marked out the path of safety. He had thus sh…
19th Century
Anglican
When there was no strange god among you. —Better, and there was ... It was no heathen oracle or…
Baptist
I have declared, and have saved,
"I said that I would save, and I have saved."
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16th Century
Protestant
I have told and have saved. This verse is a type of recapitulation (ἀνακεφαλαίωσις) of the preceding one, because Jehovah again states tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed The Targum is, "I have showed to Abraham your father what shoul…
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 …
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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…
