Isaiah 48:5
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5 I declared them to you from long ago,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
so that you would not say, “My idol did them;
my carved image and my cast image commanded them.”(A)
Isaiah 48:3
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3 The former things I declared long ago;
they went out from my mouth, and I made them known;
then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.(A)
Luke 1:70
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70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,(A)
Jeremiah 44:15-18
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15 Then all the men who were aware that their wives had been making offerings to other gods and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:(A) 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.(B) 17 Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food and prospered and saw no misfortune.(C) 18 But from the time we stopped making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have perished by the sword and by famine.”(D)
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Acts 15:18
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18 known from long ago.’[a]
Footnotes
- 15.18 Other ancient authorities read things.
Known to God from of old are all his works.’
Isaiah 46:10
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
Isaiah 44:7
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7 Who is like me? Let them proclaim it;
let them declare and set it forth before me.
Who has announced from of old the things to come?[a]
Let them tell us[b] what is yet to be.(A)
Isaiah 42:8-9
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8 I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to idols.(A)
9 See, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth,
I tell you of them.(B)
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