I have declared the former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, and I showed [a]them: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.

Because I knew that [b]thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

Therefore I have declared it to thee of old: before it came to pass, I showed [c]it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my carved image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:3 He showeth that they could not accuse him in anything, forasmuch as he had performed whatsoever he had promised.
  2. Isaiah 48:4 I have done for thee more than I promised, that thy stubbornness and impudence might have been overcome.
  3. Isaiah 48:5 How thou shouldest be delivered out of Babylon.

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