Isaiah 45 · Verse 15

Isaiah 45:15

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isaiah 45:15, King James Version

Isaiah 45:15 in other translations

BSBTruly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
WEBMost certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
ASVVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
YLTSurely Thou art a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel--Saviour!
DARBYVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, OGod of Israel, the Saviour....
BBETruly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
WebsterVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

What does Isaiah 45:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. God that hidest thyself--Horsley, after Jerome, explains this as the confession of Egypt, &c., that God is concealed in human form in the person of Jesus. Rather, connected with Is 45:9, 10, the prophet, contemplating the wonderful issue of the seemingly dark counsels of God, implies a censure on those who presume to question God's dealings (Is 55:8, 9; De 29:29). Faith still discerns, even under the veil, the covenant-keeping "God of Israel, the Saviour" (Is 8:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself - At present, from the nations of the world. O God of Israel, the Savior - While thou revealest thyself to the Israelites and savest them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 45:11-19

Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the returning Jews. Those redeemed by Christ shall be provided for. The restoration would convince many, and convert some; and all that truly join the Lord, find his service perfect freedom. Though God be his people's God and Saviour…

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Isaiah 45:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָכֵ֕ן'a.KhentrulyH403
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
אֵ֣ל'el[are] a GodH410
מִסְתַּתֵּ֑רmis.ta.Ter[who] hides himselfH5641
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiO God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מוֹשִֽׁיעַ\׃mo.Shi.a'delivererH3467

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 45:15

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • Psalms 44:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • Isaiah 57:17

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

  • Isaiah 46:13

    I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

  • Psalms 77:19

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • Romans 11:33-34

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Isaiah 45:17

    But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

  • John 4:22

    Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a God.
8:17; 57:17; Ps 44:24; 77:19; Joh 13:7; Ro 11:33,34
O God.
17; 12:2; 43:3,11; 46:13; 60:16; Ps 68:26; Mt 1:22,23; Joh 4:22,42
Ac 5:31; 13:23; 2Pe 3:18

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Context

  • Isaiah 45:14

    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.

  • Isaiah 45:15

    Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

  • Isaiah 45:16

    They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

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Isaiah 45:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Verdaderamente tú eres Dios que te encubres, Dios de Israel, que salvas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Certes, tu es un ✶Dieu qui te caches, le Dieu d’Israël, le sauveur…
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wahrlich, du bist ein Gott, der sich verborgen hält, du Gott Israels, du Heiland! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israël, salvator.