Isaiah 45:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהִוָּשְׁע֖וּ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י אֲנִי־אֵ֖ל וְאֵ֥ין עֽוֹד

Transliteration

pĕnû-to-me and-hiwwāšĕʿû all-ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ for ʾănî-ʾēl and-ʾên ʿôd

Grammar Details

*pĕnû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - turn/face
*hiwwāšĕʿû*: niphal imperative, masculine plural - be saved/delivered
*ʾapsê*: masculine plural construct - ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/deity
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not/there is no
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet/besides

Word Meanings

*pĕnû*: turn/face/look/regard
*hiwwāšĕʿû*: be saved/be delivered/be rescued
*ʾapsê*: ends of/extremities of/corners of
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/world/ground
*ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one

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Referenced Verses

John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father, {G3992} {G3165} that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Num 21:8-9 : 8 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
2 Chr 20:12 : 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
John 3:13-16 : 13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; 15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
John 10:28-30 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
Titus 2:13 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
Isa 49:12 : 12 Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Ps 22:17 : 17 I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.
Ps 65:5 : 5 By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 45:20-21
2 verses
83%
20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
Isa 43:10-13
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82%
10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
12I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.
13Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
Isa 45:5-6
2 verses
79%
5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
Hos 13:4
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4Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
Isa 46:9
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9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
Isa 44:6-8
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75%
6Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
Isa 45:17-18
2 verses
74%
17[ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
Isa 45:23
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23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isa 48:12
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12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isa 12:2
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2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
1 Kgs 8:60
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60that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.
2 Sam 22:42
72%
42They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Deut 4:35
72%
35Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
Deut 32:39
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39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Isa 45:14-15
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14Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
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2 Sam 22:32
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32For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
Isa 52:10
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10Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Isa 63:5
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Ps 18:31
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31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
Ps 22:27
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Isa 51:5-6
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5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
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Isa 43:3
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3For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Isa 33:22
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22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
Isa 37:20
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20Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
Deut 4:39
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39Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
Ps 98:3
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Acts 4:12
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Jer 23:23
69%
23Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
Isa 49:6
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Isa 62:11
69%
11Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 59:1
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1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 Kgs 19:19
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19Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.
2 Sam 7:22
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22Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Isa 41:9
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