Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Cross-reference

Isaiah 14:27 uses the same rhetorical structure, asking who can annul God's purpose or turn back His hand—nearly identical language.

Isaiah 46:10 affirms God's purpose stands unchallenged, connecting to the rhetorical question 'who can reverse it?' in Isaiah 43:13.

Isaiah 57:15 Related theme

Isaiah 57:15 describes God as 'high and exalted One who lives forever,' paralleling the eternal nature claim in this verse.

Daniel 4:35 Parallel

Daniel 4:35 declares that none can stay God's hand or question His actions—directly mirroring the claim that none can deliver from His hand.

Revelation 1:8 describes God as the eternal Alpha and Omega, echoing the 'from ancient days' and unchanging power of Isaiah 43:13.

Hebrews 13:8 affirms Christ's unchanging nature, paralleling God's irreversible actions and eternal constancy in Isaiah.

1 Timothy 1:17 praises God as eternal and immortal — a parallel declaration of the same attributes found in Isaiah 43:13.

Romans 9:19 Parallel

Romans 9:19 asks 'who has resisted His will?'—the same rhetorical challenge as 'who shall let it?' in this verse.

John 8:58 Allusion

John 8:58 directly echoes the divine 'I am' from Isaiah 43:13 — Jesus claims the same eternal self-existence as God.

John 1:2 Parallel

John 1:2 reinforces the same truth: the Word was with God in the beginning, paralleling God's existence from ancient days in Isaiah.

John 1:1 Allusion

John 1:1 expands this eternal existence by identifying the Word (Jesus) as God, who was with God in the beginning — a parallel to God's ancient days.

Habakkuk 1:12 directly asks the same question — affirming that God is from everlasting, just as Isaiah declares He is from ancient days.

Hosea 5:14 Parallel

Hosea 5:14 portrays God as a lion tearing prey with no rescuer, reinforcing that none can deliver from His sovereign action.

Hosea 2:10 Parallel

Hosea 2:10 says no one will take Israel out of God's hands, directly echoing Isaiah's declaration of unmatched deliverance.

Deuteronomy 32:39 uses the exact phrase 'no one can deliver out of my hand', directly paralleling God's sovereign claim in Isaiah.

Proverbs 21:30 reinforces that no wisdom or counsel can succeed against the Lord—echoing the certainty of God's unstoppable work.

Psalm 93:2 Parallel

Psalm 93:2 echoes this same declaration of God's eternal nature — His throne is established from of old, just as He acts from ancient days.

Psalm 90:2 Parallel

Psalm 90:2 says 'from everlasting to everlasting, You are God,' directly paralleling the 'from eternity I am He' declaration.

Job 9:12 Parallel

Job 9:12 asks who can stop God or question Him, paralleling the idea that no one can reverse His actions.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 asks who can straighten what God has made crooked—the same point that none can reverse His work.

Acts 5:39 Parallel

Acts 5:39 warns that fighting God’s work is futile — directly paralleling 43:13’s truth that no one can reverse God’s acts.

Job 42:2 Parallel

Job 42:2 affirms God can do everything and no purpose is withheld from Him—matching 'I will work, and who shall let it?'.

Lamentations 5:8 laments human helplessness under oppressors, contrasting God’s claim in 43:13 that none can deliver from His hand.

Ephesians 1:11 says God works all things according to His will—parallel to the claim that He works and none can hinder.

Psalm 50:22 Parallel

Psalm 50:22 warns that God will tear the forgetful apart with no rescuer, mirroring the theme of irreversible judgment from His hand.

Proverbs 8:23 uses the same 'from eternity' language, but here personified Wisdom speaks of being set up before creation — an indirect parallel to God's pre-existence.