Isaiah 48:3
I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.
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In Context
4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
Cross References
Joshua 21:45Nothing failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Isaiah 10:12Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.
Isaiah 37:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'"
Isaiah 37:36The angel of the Lord went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have happened,and I declare new things.I tell you about them before they come up."
Isaiah 44:7Who is like me?Who will call,and will declare it,and set it in order for me,since I established the ancient people?Let them declare the things that are coming,and that will happen.
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 →