The Meaning of Isaiah 45:6 Explained

Isaiah 45:6

KJV: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

YLT: So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I am Jehovah, and there is none else,

Darby: that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;

ASV: that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

That they may know  from the rising  of the sun,  and from the west,  that [there is] none  beside  me. I [am] the LORD,  and [there is] none else. 

What does Isaiah 45:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Third, God chose Cyrus so everyone would come to know that He is the only true God. Note the progression in the reasons for Yahweh"s choice of Cyrus: that he might know, that Israel might know, and that the world might know who is the only true God. This is important, not because God has a huge ego, but because it is true and because only as people recognize Yahweh for who He Isaiah , that they will stop ruining their own lives with idolatry. God"s use of Cyrus preserved the Israelites and thus made the Incarnation possible. That event, in turn, has made salvation available to the whole world.

Context Summary

Isaiah 45:1-13 - Jehovah's Chosen Instrument
Cyrus is one of the noblest figures in ancient history. His character became a model for the Greek youth in strength, simplicity, humanity, purity, and self-restraint. We have seen that Jehovah had assured His people that Jerusalem would be restored, Isaiah 44:26. They probably expected a repetition of the Red Sea and the Exodus. But God does not repeat Himself; and their deliverance from captivity was to be achieved through the victories that made Cyrus master of Babylon. See Ezra 1:1-4.
God's plans are achieved through individuals, whom He equips and raises up for their specific work. There is much in all our lives that we cannot account for, and which is due to the girding of the Almighty. We do not always recognize the real sources of our lives. They are hidden in God. He girds us though we do not know Him. Let us not gird ourselves in our own strength, but stretch forth our hands unto Him, sure that He will neither fail nor forsake. See John 21:18. They who thus utterly yield to God are bidden in the exercise of a daring faith to command, that is, to claim, His saving power. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 45

1  God calls Cyrus for his church's sake
5  By his omnipotence he challenges obedience
20  He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power

What do the individual words in Isaiah 45:6 mean?

That they may know from the rising of the sun and to its setting that [there is] none besides Me I [am] Yahweh and [there is] no other
לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְע֗וּ מִמִּזְרַח־ שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔הּ כִּי־ אֶ֖פֶס בִּלְעָדָ֑י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין עֽוֹד

לְמַ֣עַן  That 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
יֵדְע֗וּ  they  may  know 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
מִמִּזְרַח־  from  the  rising 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙  of  the  sun 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔הּ  and  to  its  setting 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעֲרָב  
Sense: setting place, west, westward.
כִּי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֶ֖פֶס  [there  is]  none 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפֶס 
Sense: ceasing, end, finality.
בִּלְעָדָ֑י  besides  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: בַּלְעֲדֵי  
Sense: apart from, except, without, besides.
אֲנִ֥י  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
עֽוֹד  other 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.