Isaiah 45:14

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks to Cyrus, the one he will raise up in Isaiah 45:13, declaring that Egypt’s produce, Cush’s merchandise, and the Sabeans will come to him. They will be his, follow him, be chained, bow, and confess that God is with him and there is no other.

The words — ye.Gi.a', “the produce of,” and se.char, “the traffic of,” identify Egypt’s produce and Cush’s merchandise as the objects moving. The Sabeans are added as people, not goods.

The thread — Isaiah 49:23 also has kings and queens bow facedown and lick dust, while Jeremiah 16:19 has nations come to the LORD from the ends of the earth. 1 Corinthians 14:25 likewise has a person fall facedown and worship God.

Why it lands — It asks the reader to hear the nations’ confession as the point: God is with the one he has sent, and there is no other. It does not ask for praise of Cyrus alone, but recognition of Yahweh’s exclusive claim.

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The Hebrew words

כֹּ֣ה׀kohthus אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe says יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh יְגִ֨יעַye.Gi.a'[the] produce of מִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt וּֽסְחַר־u./se.char-and/ [the] traffic of כּוּשׁ֮kushCush וּסְבָאִים֮u./se.va.'Imand/ [the] Sabeans אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Sheipeople of מִדָּה֒mi.Dahstature עָלַ֤יִךְ'a.La.yi/khto/ you יַעֲבֹ֙רוּ֙ya.'a.Vo.ruthey will pass overוְלָ֣ךְve./La/khand/ to/ youיִֽהְי֔וּyih.Yuthey will belong אַחֲרַ֣יִךְ'a.cha.Ra.yi/khbehind/ you יֵלֵ֔כוּye.Le.khuthey will walk בַּזִּקִּ֖יםba./zi.Kimin <the>/ fetters יַעֲבֹ֑רוּya.'a.Vo.ruthey will pass over וְאֵלַ֤יִךְve./'e.La.yi/khand/ to/ you יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ֙yish.ta.cha.Vuthey will bow down אֵלַ֣יִךְ'e.La.yi/khto/ you יִתְפַּלָּ֔לוּyit.pa.La.luthey will pray אַ֣ךְ'akhsurelyבָּ֥ךְba/kh[is] among/ youאֵ֛ל'elGod וְאֵ֥יןve./'Einand/ there not ע֖וֹדod[is] yet אֶ֥פֶס'E.festhere not אֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.Him[are] gods

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Cross-references

Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
1 Corinthians 14:25 and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Isaiah 61:5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Acts 10:25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
Zechariah 8:20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
Exodus 11:8 And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Psalms 149:8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Isaiah 18:7 At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.