Isaiah 48:5
I predicted these things to you long ago, before they happened. I explained them to you so that you couldn't say “My idol did this,” or “My image and my metal god ordered this to happen.”
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In Context
4I know how stubborn you are, with necks as unbending as iron and foreheads as hard as bronze.
Cross References
Isaiah 42:9Notice that what I foretold has come true, as will the new things I'm saying to you now. I tell you what will happen before it does.”
Isaiah 44:7Who is like me? Let them announce it, make a declaration, and demonstrate it before me. For I was the one who long ago established a people and predicted its future. Let them predict what's going to happen.
Isaiah 48:3I predicted long ago what was going to happen—I said it and let people know. Then suddenly I decided to act, and it all came true.
Luke 1:70as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:2-9
God's Expostulation with His People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed… Read the whole commentary →