Isaiah 48:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 48:5

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

BSB

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ASV

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

And then from this, he draws the reason: I foretold; as if to say: that you were prone to idolatry, I foretold, lest you ascribe my benefits to idols: I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread (Hos 2:5).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But they would now be for ever precluded from saying this; for, if the idols had done it, the prophets of the idols would have foretold it; but, the prophets of the Lord having foretold it, it was no doubt the power of the Lord that effected it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I 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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאַגִּ֤יד	va.'a.Gid	and I declared [them]	H5046 →
לְךָ֙	le.Kha	to you
מֵאָ֔ז	me.'Az	from then	H227 →
בְּטֶ֥רֶם	be.Te.rem	<in> before	H2962 →
תָּב֖וֹא	ta.Vo'	it came	H935 →
הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָ	hish.ma'.Ti.kha	I proclaimed to you	H8085 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
תֹּאמַר֙	to.Mar	you should say	H559 →
עָצְבִּ֣י	'a.tze.Bi	idol my	H6090 →
עָשָׂ֔ם	'a.Sam	it did them	H6213 →
וּפִסְלִ֥י	u.fis.Li	and carved image my	H6459 →
וְנִסְכִּ֖י	ve.nis.Ki	and molten image my	H5262 →
צִוָּֽם׃	tzi.Vam	it commanded them	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
leads to
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Psalms 33:11
  The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
- Ephesians 1:9–11
  And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
- Isaiah 43:13
  Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Through
Isaiah 48:3
I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
leads to
- Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
- Isaiah 41:22
  “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- Joshua 21:45
  Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah