Bible Strands
Isaiah 43:13
Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses Israel directly, immediately after calling them witnesses to His sole deity (v.12) and immediately before announcing Babylon's fall (v.14). The verse functions as the sovereign warrant for both claims.
The words — אֲנִי הוּא ('ani Hu'), literally "I am He," is a self-identifying formula that asserts identity without qualification; it appears as a divine signature throughout Isaiah (e.g., 41:4, 46:4).
The thread — Isaiah 14:27 and 46:10 repeat the "who can reverse/thwart" structure, and Psalms 90:2 anchors the "from eternity" claim in the same eternal scope.
Why it lands — The verse removes the reader from the position of evaluator: the question "who can reverse it?" is not open, and the text gives no room to answer it affirmatively.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 14:27 The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
- Isaiah 46:10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- John 8:58 “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Job 9:12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Psalms 93:2 Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.