Bible Strands
Isaiah 43:11
I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel as his witnesses and chosen servant (43:10, 12), asserting his unique identity in the middle of a three-verse declaration of exclusive divinity.
The words — אָנֹכִי ('anôkhî), "I," is doubled at the head of the verse, a emphatic self-identification that marks the speaker before any predicate follows.
The thread — Hosea 13:4 repeats the same exclusive claim ("there is no Savior besides Me"); Isaiah 43:3 and 44:6 bracket this verse with parallel assertions of Yahweh's unique salvific role.
Why it lands — The verse removes any alternative source of deliverance from the equation; a reader must decide whether they accept that claim or not.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
Cross-references
- Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- 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 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 45:21 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.
- Acts 4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- Revelation 7:10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Isaiah 44:8 Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- Jude 1:25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.