Isaiah 48:3

I have declared the rishonot (former things) from long ago; 1 and they went forth out of My mouth, 1 and I made them known; 1 I acted pitom (suddenly), and they came to pass. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

In Context

2For they call themselves of the Ir HaKodesh, 1 and lean themselves upon Elohei Yisroel; 1 Hashem Tzva'os Shmo. 1

4Because I knew that thou art kesheh (obstinate, stubborn) 1 and thy oref (neck) is sinew of barzel (iron), 1 and thy metzach (brow, forehead) bronze; 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when Adonoi hath performed His whole work upon Mount Tziyon and on Yerushalayim, I will punish the fruit of the proud lev of Melech Ashur, and the tiferet of his haughty eyes. 1

Isaiah 37:7Hineni, I will put a ruach in him, when he shall hear a shemuah (report), and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the cherev in his own land.

Isaiah 37:36Then the Malach Hashem went forth, and struck down in the Machaneh Ashur a hundred and fourscore and five elef; and when they arose early in the boker, hinei, they were all pegarim mesim (dead corpses).

Isaiah 42:9Hinei, the rishonot (former things) are come to pass, 1 and chadashot (new things) do I declare; 1 before titzmachnah (they spring forth; Tzemach) 1 I tell you of them. 1

Isaiah 44:7And who is like Me, who can preach as I do? 1 Let him make it known and set it out in order before Me, 1 since I appointed the Am Olam 1 and the otiyyot (things to come, future things) and what is approaching, 1 let them expound and make known in support of themselves. 1

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 →

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