Isaiah 45 · Verse 22

Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:22, King James Version

Isaiah 45:22 in other translations

BSBTurn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
WEB“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
ASVLook unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
YLTTurn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I am God, and there is none else.
DARBYLook unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I amGod, and there is none else.
BBELet your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
WebsterLook to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

What does Isaiah 45:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Look ... and be ye saved--The second imperative expresses the result which will follow obedience to the first (Ge 42:18); ye shall be saved (Joh 3:14, 15). Nu 21:9: "If a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." What so simple as a look? Not do something, but look to the Saviour (Ac 16:30, 31). Believers look by faith, the eye of the soul. The look is that of one turning (see Margin) to God, as at once "Just and the Saviour" (Is 45:21), that is, the look of conversion (Psa 22:27).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, etc. - This verse and the following contain a plain prediction of the universal spread of the knowledge of God through Christ; and so the Targum appears to have understood it; see Rom 14:11; Phi 2:10. The reading of the Targum is remarkable, viz., אתפנו למימרי ithpeno lemeymri, look to my Word, ὁ Λογος, the Lord Jesus.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 45:20-25

The nations are exhorted to draw near to Jehovah. None besides is able to help; he is the Saviour, who can save without the assistance of any, but without whom none can save. If the heart is brought into the obedience of Christ, the knee will cheerfully obey his commands. To Christ men shall come from every nation for blessings; all that hate his cause shall be put to shame, and all believers shall rejoice in him as…

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Isaiah 45:22 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.

פְּנוּ\־pe.nu-turnH6437
אֵלַ֥י'e.Laito meH413
וְהִוָּשְׁע֖וּve.hi.va.she.'Uand be savedH3467
כָּל\־kol-O allH3605
אַפְסֵי\־'af.sei-[the] ends ofH657
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earthH776
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
אֲנִי\־'a.ni-IH589
אֵ֖ל'el[am] GodH410
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
עֽוֹד\׃od[is] yetH5750

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

Cross references for Isaiah 45:22

  • John 6:40

    And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Numbers 21:8-9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

  • Zechariah 12:10

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  • John 3:13-16

    And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:12

    O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

  • Isaiah 45:21

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

  • Isaiah 49:6

    And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

  • John 10:28-30

    And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

  • Psalms 65:5

    By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

  • Titus 2:13

    Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Look.
Nu 21:8,9; 2Ch 20:12; Ps 22:17; 65:5; Mic 7:7; Zec 12:10
Joh 3:13-16; 6:40; Heb 12:2
for.
21; Joh 10:28-30; Tit 2:13; 2Pe 1:1

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Context

  • Isaiah 45:21

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

  • Isaiah 45:22

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Isaiah 45:23

    I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

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Isaiah 45:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mirad á mí, y sed salvos, todos los términos de la tierra: porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tournez-vous vers moi, et soyez sauvés, vous, tous les bouts de la terre; car moi, je suis ✶Dieu, et il n’y en a pas d’autre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wendet euch zu mir und werdet gerettet, alle ihr Enden der Erde! denn ich bin Gott, und keiner sonst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis, omnes fines terræ, quia ego Deus, et non est alius.