Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. New Living Translation Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. English Standard Version remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, Berean Standard Bible Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. King James Bible Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, New King James Version Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, New American Standard Bible “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, NASB 1995 “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, NASB 1977 “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Legacy Standard Bible Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Amplified Bible “Remember [carefully] the former things [which I did] from ages past; For I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Christian Standard Bible Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like Me. American Standard Version Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; Contemporary English Version I alone am God! There are no other gods; no one is like me. Think about what happened many years ago. English Revised Version Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; GOD'S WORD® Translation Remember the first events, because I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there's no one like me. Good News Translation Remember what happened long ago; acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me. International Standard Version Remember the former things from long ago, Because I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like me. Majority Standard Bible Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. NET Bible Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me, New Heart English Bible Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me; Webster's Bible Translation Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, World English Bible Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionRemember former things of old, "" For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, "" God—and there is none like Me. Young's Literal Translation Remember former things of old, For I am Mighty, and there is none else, God -- and there is none like Me. Smith's Literal Translation Remember the former things from forever: for I am God and no god besides, and none like me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRemember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: Catholic Public Domain Version Remember the past ages. For I am God, and there is no other god. There is no one like me. New American Bible remember the former things, those long ago: I am God, there is no other; I am God, there is none like me. New Revised Standard Version remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleRemember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other god; and there is none like me, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Remember the former things that are from eternity, for I AM God, and there is no other god, and there is none like me OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Remember the former things of old: That I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me; Brenton Septuagint Translation and remember the former things that were of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Babylon's Idols…8Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! 9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. 10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’… Cross References Deuteronomy 4:35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him. Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” Isaiah 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me. Isaiah 45:5-6 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, / so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:21-22 Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. / Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. Isaiah 43:10-11 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come. / I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me. Exodus 8:10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 1 Kings 8:60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other! Psalm 83:18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth. Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Treasury of Scripture Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, the former Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. I am God Isaiah 45:5,6,14,18,21,22 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: … and there is none like Isaiah 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? Deuteronomy 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. Jump to Previous Ago Former Memory Mighty Past RememberJump to Next Ago Former Memory Mighty Past RememberIsaiah 46 1. The idols of Babylon could not save themselves3. God saves his people to the end 5. Idols are not comparable to God for power 12. Or present salvation. Remember the former things of old This phrase calls the reader to a conscious act of recollection. The Hebrew word for "remember" is "זָכַר" (zakar), which implies not just a passive recall but an active engagement with the past. In the context of Isaiah, this is a call to remember God's mighty acts and faithfulness throughout history. The "former things of old" refers to the foundational events in Israel's history, such as the Exodus and the covenant at Sinai. These events are not just historical but are theological anchors that remind the Israelites of God's unchanging nature and His covenantal promises. for I am God and there is no other I am God and there is none like Me (1) by the recollection of God's mercies in the past (ver. 9); (2) by the consideration of his prophetic power (ver. 10); and (3) by a renewed promise of coming deliverance through Cyrus (ver. 11). Verse 9. - Remember the former things of old; i.e. God's wonderful dealings with Israel in times past - the miracles in Egypt, the passage of the Red Sea, the deliverances from Midian, and Ammon, and the Philistines, and Zerah, and Sennacherib - which proved him God in a sense in which the word could be applied to no other. I am God... I am God. In the original, "I am El... I am Elohim." El is "the Mighty One," "the Omnipotent;" Elohim, "the Godhead" in all its fulness. Hebrew Rememberזִכְר֥וּ (ziḵ·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male what happened רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹת (ri·šō·nō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank long ago, מֵעוֹלָ֑ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I am God, אֵל֙ (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty and there is no וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle other; ע֔וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more I am God, אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and [there is] none וְאֶ֥פֶס (wə·’e·p̄es) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot like Me. כָּמֽוֹנִי׃ (kā·mō·w·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 3644: Like, as, when Links Isaiah 46:9 NIVIsaiah 46:9 NLT Isaiah 46:9 ESV Isaiah 46:9 NASB Isaiah 46:9 KJV Isaiah 46:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 46:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 46:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 46:9 French Bible Isaiah 46:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: (Isa Isi Is) |