Deuteronomy 32:39

39  See now that I, I am He,

And never a god beside me.

I do to death and revive,

I shattered and I shall heal.

[With none to save from my hand.]

40  For I lift to heaven mine hand,

And say, -As I live for ever,

41  I will whet my lightning sword,

And on judgement my hand shall close,

Vengeance I wreak on my foes,

And recompense them that hate me.

42  I drench mine arrows in blood,

And my sword shall feed upon flesh;

With the blood of the slain and the captive,

With the long-haired heads of the foe."

39. I am he The only God, Deuteronomy 4:35. Cp. Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 43:13; Isaiah 48:12.

And there is none, etc.] This line is out of place both for the rhythm and the sense, and is apparently borrowed from Isaiah 43:13 in a similar context. Cp. Hosea 5:14 b.