Time after Pentecost · Proper 11 · Year A

Isaiah 44:6-8

There Is No Other Rock

July 19, 2026

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LSB Three-Year Lectionary

GospelMt. 13:24-30, 36-43Mt 13:24-30, 36-43

EpistleRom. 8:18-27Rom 8:18-27

Old TestamentIsa. 44:6-8Is 44:6-8

PsalterPs. 119:57-64Ps 119:57-64

Overview & Insights

"I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god." (Isaiah 44:6)

The Lord, Israel's King and Redeemer, declares that he alone is God, the first and the last. He calls his people to be witnesses that there is no other rock beside him.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Isaiah 44:6-8Working Preacher: Commentary on Is 44:6-8 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the Lord as the only God for Year A.

Enduring Word: Isaiah 44Enduring Word: Is 44 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Isaiah 44 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Is 44 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Isaiah 44.

StudyLight: Isaiah 44 CommentariesStudyLight: Is 44 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Isaiah 44 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Isaiah 44:6BibleHub: Commentaries on Is 44:6 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the Lord as the first and the last.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Isaiah 40-66 OverviewBibleProject: Is 40-66 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the second half of Isaiah and its message of comfort.

Sefaria: Isaiah 44 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Is 44 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Isaiah 44 InterlinearBibleHub: Is 44 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Isaiah 44Catena: Is 44 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Isaiah 44.

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