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href="/bsb/isaiah/45.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/45.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, the God and Savior of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/45.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/45.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/45.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/45.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Verily thou <i>art</i> a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/45.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Truly You <i>are</i> God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/45.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/45.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/45.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Truly, Thou art a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/45.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/45.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/45.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yes, you are a God who hides, God of Israel, Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/45.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/45.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/45.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People of Israel, your God is a mystery, though he alone can save. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/45.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/45.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself. You are the God of Israel, the Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/45.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The God of Israel, who saves his people, is a God who conceals himself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/45.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/45.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/45.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/45.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Most certainly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/45.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/45.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/45.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely You [are] a God hiding Yourself, God of Israel—Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/45.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Surely Thou art a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel -- Saviour!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/45.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Surely thou art God hiding thyself, the God of Israel, the Saviour.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/45.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/45.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Truly, you are a hidden God, the God of Israel, the Savior.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/45.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Truly with you God is hidden, the God of Israel, the savior! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/45.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/45.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Truly thou art a shelter, O God, the God of Israel, and his Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/45.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Truly, you are a shelter, God of Israel, and his Savior<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/45.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/45.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou art God, yet we knew <i>it</i> not, the God of Israel, the Saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/45-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=10185" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/45.htm">God Calls Cyrus</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>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.’ ” <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/403.htm" title="403: ’ā·ḵên (Adv) -- Surely. From kuwn; firmly; figuratively, surely; also But.">Truly</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">are a God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: mis·tat·têr (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">who hides Himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">O God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: mō·wō·šî·a‘ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">the Savior.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Deuteronomy 29:29</a></span><br />The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a></span><br />Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7-8</a></span><br />No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. / None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26-27</a></span><br />the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. / To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-17.htm">1 Timothy 1:17</a></span><br />Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a></span><br />No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-20.htm">Exodus 33:20</a></span><br />But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/97-2.htm">Psalm 97:2</a></span><br />Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-1.htm">Psalm 104:1-2</a></span><br />Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. / He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Daniel 2:22</a></span><br />He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25-27</a></span><br />At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. / Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. / All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-21.htm">Luke 10:21-22</a></span><br />At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. / All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-12.htm">1 John 4:12</a></span><br />No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Truly you are a God that hide yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.</p><p class="hdg">a God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm">Isaiah 8:17</a></b></br> And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Isaiah 57:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">Psalm 44:24</a></b></br> Wherefore hidest thou thy face, <i>and</i> forgettest our affliction and our oppression?</p><p class="hdg">O God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Isaiah 45:17</a></b></br> <i>But</i> Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a></b></br> Behold, God <i>is</i> my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH <i>is</i> my strength and <i>my</i> song; he also is become my salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-3.htm">Isaiah 43:3,11</a></b></br> For I <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt <i>for</i> thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm">Hides</a> <a href="/psalms/104-29.htm">Hidest</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Hiding</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm">Savior</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-3.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-8.htm">Verily</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-2.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/luke/8-16.htm">Hides</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-17.htm">Hidest</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Hiding</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-21.htm">Savior</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-19.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-24.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Verily</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 45</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">God calls Cyrus for his church's sake</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/45-5.htm">By his omnipotence he challenges obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, this reflects the period of exile and the hidden plans God had for Israel's deliverance. The concept of God hiding Himself can be seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Deuteronomy 29:29</a>, which speaks of the "secret things" belonging to the Lord. This hiddenness can also be understood in the context of God's transcendence and the limitations of human understanding.<p><b>O God of Israel</b><br>This designation emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel. It highlights God's faithfulness to His chosen people despite their unfaithfulness. Historically, this reflects the period when Israel was in exile, and the assurance that God had not abandoned them. The title "God of Israel" is a reminder of the promises made to the patriarchs and the continuity of God's plan through the ages.<p><b>the Savior</b><br>This term underscores God's role as the deliverer and redeemer of His people. In the immediate context, it refers to the deliverance from Babylonian captivity, which was orchestrated through Cyrus, as prophesied earlier in <a href="/isaiah/45.htm">Isaiah 45</a>. Theologically, this points to the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the fulfillment of God's promise to save His people. The concept of God as Savior is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/106-21.htm">Psalm 106:21</a> and <a href="/luke/1-47.htm">Luke 1:47</a>, and it foreshadows the New Testament revelation of salvation through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, described as one who hides Himself, yet is the Savior of Israel. This highlights the mysterious and transcendent nature of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, often experiencing His hiddenness yet also His salvation. Israel's history is marked by times of divine silence and profound deliverance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to Israel, including this revelation of God's hiddenness and saving power.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cyrus.htm">Cyrus</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, the broader context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/45.htm">Isaiah 45</a> includes God's use of Cyrus, a Persian king, as an instrument of deliverance for Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a></b><br>The historical backdrop of this passage, where Israel experienced God's hiddenness during their captivity in Babylon, yet also His promise of salvation and return.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_god.htm">The Mystery of God</a></b><br>God's ways are often beyond our understanding. We must trust in His wisdom even when He seems hidden.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_savior.htm">God as Savior</a></b><br>Despite His hiddenness, God is always working for our salvation. We can have confidence in His saving power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_unseen_realities.htm">Faith in Unseen Realities</a></b><br>Our faith is strengthened when we trust in God's presence and plan, even when we cannot see or understand it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>Like Israel, we can trust that God is sovereign over the events of our lives and history, using even unlikely means for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_silence.htm">Hope in Times of Silence</a></b><br>In times when God seems silent, we can hold onto the hope of His promises and the assurance of His eventual deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_45.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 45</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_dimensions_are_in_ephesians_3_18.htm">What does skeptical theism propose about divine hiddenness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_appear_to_be_hidden.htm">Why does God appear to be hidden?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_skeptical_theism_say_on_divine_hiddenness.htm">What does skeptical theism propose about divine hiddenness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lam_5_19_reconcile_divine_absence.htm">Lamentations 5:19 affirms God’s eternal rule—how is this reconcilable with apparent divine absence in the face of the city’s ruin? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/45.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself . . .</span>--The words have been variously taken: (1) as continuing the wondering homage of the heathen; (2) as spoken by the prophet as he surveys the unsearchable ways of God. (Comp. <a href="/romans/11-33.htm" title="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!">Romans 11:33</a>.) Through the long years of exile He had seemed to hide Himself, to be negligent of His people (<a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm" title="And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.">Isaiah 8:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm" title="In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, said the LORD your Redeemer.">Isaiah 54:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/55-1.htm" title="Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.">Psalm 55:1</a>) or unable to help them. Now it would be seen that He had all along been as the Strong one (<span class= "ital">El</span>) working for their deliverance.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/45.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself</span>. Some commentators regard this as an exclamation made by Isaiah himself, who marvels at the unsearchable mystery of God's ways. But others, with better reason, take it for a continuation of the speech of the converted heathen, who marvel that God has so long hid himself from them and from the world at large, not manifesting his power, as he has now done in the person of Cyrus. In this recent manifestation he has shown himself especially the <span class="cmt_word">God of Israel, and their Saviour</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/45-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Truly</span><br /><span class="heb">אָכֵ֕ן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_403.htm">Strong's 403: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firmly, surely, but</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are a God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who hides Himself,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(mis·tat·têr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Savior.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wō·šî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/45-15.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 45:15 Most certainly you are a God who (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 45:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 45:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/45-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 45:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 45:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>