Isaiah 44:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

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  • Isa 41:26 : 26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
  • Isa 41:22 : 22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
  • Isa 41:4 : 4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
  • Isa 43:9 : 9 Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.
  • Isa 43:12 : 12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
  • Isa 45:21 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
  • Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me; 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
  • Isa 48:3-8 : 3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about. 4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass; 5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about. 6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge. 7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them. 8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 45:21-22
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    21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

    22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

  • Isa 44:6
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    6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

  • Isa 44:8
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    8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

  • Isa 41:4
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    4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

  • Isa 41:26-27
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    26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

    27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

  • Isa 43:7-13
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    7 Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.

    8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

    9 Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

    10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

    11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.

    12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.

    13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?

  • Isa 46:9-11
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    79%

    9 Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

    10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

    11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.

  • Isa 48:12-13
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    12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

    13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

  • Isa 48:3
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    3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

  • Isa 42:9
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    9 See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

  • Isa 48:5-7
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    5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.

    6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.

    7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

  • Isa 48:15-16
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    15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.

    16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

  • Isa 41:21-23
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    74%

    21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

    22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

    23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

  • Isa 45:5-6
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    5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

    6 So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

  • Isa 44:24
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    24 The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

  • Isa 46:5
    73%

    5 Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

  • Isa 45:11-12
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    11 The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?

    12 I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.

  • Jer 50:44
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    44 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?

  • Isa 40:25
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    25 Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

  • Isa 52:6
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    6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.

  • Isa 37:26
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    26 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
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    25 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

  • Isa 45:18
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    18 For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

  • Jer 33:2-3
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    2 These are the words of the Lord, who is doing it, the Lord who is forming it, to make it certain; the Lord is his name;

    3 Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

  • Isa 42:23
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    23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

  • Isa 43:21
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    21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

  • Isa 55:4
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    4 See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.

  • Isa 33:13
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    13 Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

  • Isa 51:16
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    16 And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

  • Isa 14:27
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    27 For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?