For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
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Gill's Exposition
For it is written,.... In Isa 45:23; though Justin Martyr (o) cites a like passage with what follows, as out of Ezekiel 37, but no such words appear there, either in the Hebrew text, or Septuagint…
Barnes' Notes
For it is written - This passage is recorded in Isa 45:23. It is not quoted literally, but the sense is preserved. In Isaiah there can be no doubt that it refers to Yahweh. The speaker expressly calls…
We have in this chapter,
I. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. Our Master had foretold that offences would come; and, it seems, so they did, for want of…
Cambridge Bible
it is written Isa 45:23. The Heb. there runs, "By myself have I sworn … to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." The LXX. runs, "By myself I swear, … that to me every knee shall bow, and…
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