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23 I solemnly make this oath[a]
what I say is true and reliable:[b]
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm;[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
  2. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
  3. Isaiah 45:23 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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