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so that from the sun’s rising[a] to the west
    people may know that there is none besides me.

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.”

God is Sovereign

“I form light and create darkness,
I make goodness[b] and create disaster.
    I am the Lord, who does all these things.

“Shout,[c] you skies above, and you clouds,
    and let righteousness stream down.[d]
I am[e] the one who says to the earth, ‘Let salvation blossom,
    and let righteousness sprout forth.’[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:6 I.e. the east
  2. Isaiah 45:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads well-being; LXX reads peace
  3. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Shower
  4. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read Shower, you skies above, and let the clouds stream down righteousness
  5. Isaiah 45:8 1QIsaa MT LXX lack I am
  6. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 1QIsac MT read Let the earth open up, let them bear the fruit of salvation, and let righteousness sprout forth also. I the Lord have created it