New International Version
Isaiah 48:5
5Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
Isaiah 48:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, 'My idol did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)That is why I told you what would happen; I told you beforehand what I was going to do. Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’
Context of Isaiah 48:5
3I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. 4For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze. Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ 6You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you. 7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:5 word by word
וָאַגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ מֵאָ֔ז בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָ פֶּן־תֹּאמַר֙ עָצְבִּ֣י עָשָׂ֔ם וּפִסְלִ֥י וְנִסְכִּ֖י צִוָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I have even from the beginningמֵאָז'âz · the pastH227
- declaredנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- to thee; before it came to passבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- I shewedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
- thee: lest thou shouldest sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Mine idolעֹ֫צֶב‛ôtseb · idolH6090
- hath doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- them, and my graven imageפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
- and my molten imageנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
- hath commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:5
- Isaiah 48:3I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
- Isaiah 44:7Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come— yes, let them foretell what will come.
- Isaiah 46:10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
- Luke 1:70(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
- Acts 15:18things known from long ago.
- Isaiah 42:8“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
- Jeremiah 44:17We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.
Commentaries on Isaiah 48:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee - He had foretold future events, so that they had abundant demonstration thai he was the true God, and so that they could not be under a mistake in regard to the source of their deliverances from danger. Mine idol hath done them - The idols and molten images had not foretold these events and when they came to pass, it could not, therefore, be pretended that they had been produced by idols. By predicting…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (See on Is 48:1; Is 48:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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