Isaiah 48:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Isa 48:3 : 3 I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
  • Jer 44:15-18 : 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
  • Luke 1:70 : 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
  • Isa 42:8-9 : 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
  • Isa 44:7 : 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 48:3-4
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    85%

    3I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

    4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

  • Isa 48:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

    7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

    8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • Isa 42:9
    77%

    9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.

  • Isa 46:9-11
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    77%

    9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;

    10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

    11calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
    76%

    25Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

  • Isa 44:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.

    8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

    9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

  • Isa 37:26
    75%

    26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

  • Isa 48:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

    16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

  • Isa 41:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

    27[ I am the] first [that saith] unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

  • Isa 45:21
    74%

    21Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

  • Isa 43:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.

    13Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

  • Jer 11:18
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    18And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.

  • Isa 41:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

    23Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

  • Jer 5:20
    72%

    20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • Hos 8:4
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    4They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

  • Jer 1:16
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    16And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. [

  • Isa 45:19
    70%

    19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

  • Isa 40:21
    70%

    21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Isa 43:9-10
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    70%

    9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

    10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  • Jer 1:5
    70%

    5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

  • Isa 45:11
    70%

    11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

  • Ezek 38:17
    70%

    17Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou he of whom I spake in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, that prophesied in those days for [many] years that I would bring thee against them?

  • Prov 8:22-23
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    22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

    23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • Isa 48:12
    69%

    12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

  • Jer 42:21
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    21and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he hath sent me unto you.

  • Isa 45:2-3
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    2I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

    3and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

  • Isa 41:4
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    4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

  • Isa 45:5
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    5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;

  • Deut 4:35
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    35Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.

  • Prov 22:19
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    19That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.

  • Matt 24:25
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    25Behold, I have told you beforehand.

  • Job 15:17
    68%

    17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

  • Isa 51:16
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    16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

  • Isa 41:20
    68%

    20that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
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    9but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: