“therefore I have declared it to you from of old;before it came to pass I showed it to you;lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them.My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’”
Isaiah 48:5 (WEB)
Context Reading
3I have declared the former things from of old.Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them.I did them suddenly, and they happened. 4Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew,and your brow bronze; 5therefore I have declared it to you from of old;before it came to pass I showed it to you;lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them.My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’ 6You have heard it.Now see all this.And you, won’t you declare it?“I have shown you new things from this time,even hidden things, which you have not known. 7They are created now, and not from of old.Before today, you didn’t hear them,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’