Time after Pentecost · Proper 11 · Year A
Isaiah 44:6-8
There Is No Other Rock
July 19, 2026
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 44:6-8 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the Lord as the only God for Year A.
Enduring Word: Isaiah 44 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Isaiah 44 Commentary Precept Austin
Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Isaiah 44.
StudyLight: Isaiah 44 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on Isaiah 44 gathered on one passage page.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Isaiah 44:6 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the Lord as the first and the last.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Isaiah Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the book of Isaiah.
BibleProject: Isaiah 40-66 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the second half of Isaiah and its message of comfort.
Sefaria: Isaiah 44 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Isaiah 44 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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