23 (A)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in (B)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
(C)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God

But if you will not obey these words, I (A)swear by myself, declares the Lord, that (B)this house shall become a desolation.

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13 (A)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that (B)Bozrah shall become (C)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

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14 (A)The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself:
Surely I will fill you with men, (B)as many as locusts,
    (C)and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.

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(A)The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:

“I abhor (B)the pride of Jacob
    and hate his strongholds,
    (C)and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”

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The Certainty of God's Promise

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, (A)he swore by himself, 14 saying, (B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”

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