Bible Strands
Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to all nations, positioned between a challenge to the gods (Isaiah 45:21) and an oath of universal submission (Isaiah 45:23). The audience is explicitly "all the ends of the earth," not Israel alone.
The words — פנו (pe.nu-) is a plural imperative, a command to change direction; היושעו (hi.va.she.'U) is a Niphal imperative, "be saved," in which the subject is the one acting toward their own deliverance.
The thread — The same "turn/look toward God" pattern appears in Micah 7:7 ("I will look to the LORD"), John 6:40 ("everyone who looks to the Son"), and Hebrews 12:2 ("fix our eyes on Jesus").
Why it lands — It asks the reader to change direction on the stated ground that no other God exists; the command is a summons issued by the one who has already challenged the alternatives.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Cross-references
- John 6:40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Numbers 21:8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- 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.
- Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.