What Does Isaiah 45:23 Mean?

“I have sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“is gone out”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“of my mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“in righteousness”

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

“by myself the word”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and shall not return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“shall bow”

to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“That unto me every knee”

a knee

“I have sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“every tongue”

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,