Isaiah 48:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore I haue declared it to thee of old: before it came to passe, I shewed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idole hath done them, and my carued image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

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  • Isa 48:3 : 3 I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, & I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.
  • Jer 44:15-18 : 15 Then all the men which knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other gods and all the wome that stoode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the lande of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying, 16 The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde, wee will not heare it of thee, 17 But wee will doe whatsoeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth, as to burne incense vnto the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, as we haue done, both we & our fathers, our Kings and our princes in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem: for then had wee plentie of vitailes and were well and felt none euill. 18 But since wee left off to burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, we haue had scarcenesse of all things, and haue beene consumed by the sworde and by the famine.
  • Luke 1:70 : 70 As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.
  • Isa 42:8-9 : 8 I am the Lorde, this is my Name, and my glory wil I not giue to another, neither my praise to grauen images. 9 Beholde, the former thinges are come to passe, and newe things doe I declare: before they come foorth, I tell you of them.
  • Isa 44:7 : 7 And who is like me, that shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order before me, since I appointed the ancient people? And what is at hand, and what things are to come? Let them shewe vnto them.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 48:3-4
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    85%

    3I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, & I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.

    4Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, & thy necke is an yron sinew, & thy brow brasse,

  • Isa 48:6-8
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    85%

    6Thou hast heard, behold all this, & wil not yee declare it? I haue shewed thee newe things, euen now, & hid things, which thou knewest not.

    7They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.

    8Yet thou heardest them not, neither diddest know them, neither yet was thine eare opened of olde: for I knewe that thou wouldest grieuously transgresse: therefore haue I called thee a transgressour from the wombe.

  • Isa 42:9
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    9Beholde, the former thinges are come to passe, and newe things doe I declare: before they come foorth, 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 other God, and there is nothing like me,

    10Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.

    11I call a birde from the East, and the man of my counsell from farre: as I haue spoken, so will I bring it to passe: I haue purposed it, and I will doe it.

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
    76%

    25Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? & should I nowe bring it, that it should be destroyed, & laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

  • Isa 44:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7And who is like me, that shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order before me, since I appointed the ancient people? And what is at hand, and what things are to come? Let them shewe vnto them.

    8Feare ye not, neither be afraide: haue not I tolde thee of olde, and haue declared it? you are euen my witnesses, whether there be a God beside me, and that there is no God that I knowe not.

    9All they that make an image, are vanitie, and their delectable things shall nothing profite: & they are their owne witnesses, that they see not nor know: therefore they shalbe confounded.

  • Isa 37:26
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    26Hast thou not heard howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and layde on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

  • Isa 48:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15I, euen I haue spoken it, and I haue called him: I haue brought him, and his way shal prosper.

    16Come neere vnto me: heare ye this: I haue not spoken it in secret from the beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there, and now the Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me.

  • Isa 41:26-27
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    75%

    26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes.

    27I am the first, that saieth to Zion, Beholde, beholde them: and I will giue to Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings.

  • Isa 45:21
    74%

    21Tell ye and bring them, and let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from the beginning? or hath tolde it of olde? Haue not I the Lord? and there is none other God beside me, a iust God, and a Sauiour: there is none beside me.

  • Isa 43:12-13
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    74%

    12I haue declared, and I haue saued, and I haue shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, sayeth the Lord, that I am God.

    13Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?

  • Jer 11:18
    74%

    18And the Lorde hath taught me, and I knowe it, euen then thou shewedst mee their practises.

  • Isa 41:22-23
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    22Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.

    23Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde it together.

  • Jer 5:20
    72%

    20Declare this in the house of Iaakob, and publish it in Iudah, saying,

  • Hos 8:4
    71%

    4They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knew it not: of their siluer and their gold haue they made them idoles: therefore shall they be destroyed.

  • Jer 1:16
    71%

    16And I will declare vnto them my iudgements touching all the wickednesse of them that haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes.

  • Isa 45:19
    70%

    19I haue not spoken in secrete, neither in a place of darkenes in the earth: I saide not in vaine vnto the seede of Iaakob, Seeke you me: I the Lord doe speake righteousnesse, and declare righteous things.

  • Isa 40:21
    70%

    21Know ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hath it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vnderstand it by the foundation of the earth?

  • Isa 43:9-10
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    9Let all the nations be gathered together, & let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this and shewe vs former things? let them bring foorth their witnesses, that they may be iustified: but let them heare, & say, It is truth.

    10You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my seruant, whom I haue chosen: therefore yee shall knowe and beleeue me and yee shall vnderstand that I am: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  • Jer 1:5
    70%

    5Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.

  • Isa 45:11
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    11Thus saith the Lord, the holy one of Israel, and his maker, Aske me of things to come concerning my sonnes, and concerning the workes of mine hands: commande you me.

  • Ezek 38:17
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    17Thus saith the Lord God, Art not thou he, of whom I haue spoken in olde time, by ye hand of my seruants the Prophets of Israel which prophecied in those dayes and yeeres, that I woulde bring thee vpon them?

  • Prov 8:22-23
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    22The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.

    23I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning and before the earth.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11For the Lorde spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,

  • Isa 48:12
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    12Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.

  • Jer 42:21
    69%

    21Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.

  • Isa 45:2-3
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    2I will goe before thee and make the crooked streight: I will breake the brasen doores, and burst the yron barres.

    3And I will giue thee the treasures of darkenesse, and the things hid in secret places, that thou maist know that I am the Lord which call thee by thy name, euen the God of Israel.

  • Isa 41:4
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    4Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.

  • Isa 45:5
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    5I am the Lorde and there is none other: there is no God besides me: I girded thee though thou hast not knowen me,

  • Deut 4:35
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    35Vnto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest knowe, that the Lorde hee is God, and that there is none but he alone.

  • Prov 22:19
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    19That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.

  • Matt 24:25
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    25Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

  • Job 15:17
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    17I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

  • Isa 51:16
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    16And I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and haue defended thee in the shadowe of mine hand, that I may plant the heauens, and lay the foundation of the earth, and say vnto Zion, Thou art my people.

  • Isa 41:20
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    20Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, & the holy one of Israel hath created it.

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
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    9But hast done euil aboue al that were before thee (for thou hast gone & made thee other gods, and molten images, to prouoke me, & hast cast me behinde thy backe)