The continuation—'I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses, says Yahweh'—affirms Israel's experiential knowledge of divine salvation. The statement that Israel witnessed God's saving acts without any rival god competing for recognition establishes the historical basis for testimony. The appeal to Israel as witnesses grounds monotheism in historical experience rather than abstract theology. This verse suggests that Israel's vocation as witness flows from their lived experience of God's unique saving power.

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