it is written Isaiah 45:23. The Heb. there runs, "By myself have I sworn … to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." The LXX. runs, "By myself I swear, … that to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear (by) God." Here St Paul substitutes one frequent formula of Divine Oaths for another; and paraphrases "shall swear to me" by its practical equivalent, "shall confess(my sovereignty) before me." (Cp. Psalms 63:11; where to "swear by God" is to take the oath of faithful allegianceto Him.)

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