Isaiah 48:5

I have even from long ago preached it to thee; 1 before it came to pass I caused thee to hear it; 1 lest thou shouldest say: Mine atzav (idol) hath done them, 1 and my pesel, and my nesech (molten idol, metal image) hath commanded them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

In Context

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

6Thou hast heard, 1 look at all this; and will not ye preach it? 1 I have caused thee to hear chadashot (new things) from this time, 1 even netzurot (hidden things) and thou didst not know them. 1

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 48:3I 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

Luke 1:70Just as Hashem spoke through the mouth of His neviim hakedoshim meOlam (holy prophets from long ago), + 1:70 Jer 23:5

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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