Isaiah 48:3

Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.

Translation for Translators

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

2You say that you live in the holy city of Jerusalem, and you insincerely say that you are relying on me, the God to whom you people of Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.

4I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] as hard as iron or brass [DOU].

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Cross References

Joshua 21:45Yahweh did all the things that he had promised to the Israeli people/us. Everything that he said would happen did happen.

Isaiah 10:12But, I, Yahweh, say that after I have used Assyria to finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].

Isaiah 37:7Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country, and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by men using swords.”’”

Isaiah 37:36That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When the rest of the soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.

Isaiah 42:9Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”

Isaiah 44:7If there is anyone like me [RHQ], he should proclaim it! He should speak and tell me now! He should tell what has happened since I caused my people of Israel to become a nation long ago, and he should also tell what things will happen; he should predict what will happen in the future.

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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