Isaiah 48:7

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Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’

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  • 8You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

  • Isa 48:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3“I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

    4I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

    5I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say,‘My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’

    6You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.

  • 9Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”

  • 26Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

  • 26Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say,‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

  • 21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • 25Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out. In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

  • Isa 43:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18“Don’t remember these earlier events; don’t recall these former events.

    19“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands.

  • Prov 8:23-26
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    23From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

    24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

    25before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

    26before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.

  • 5“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

  • Job 15:7-8
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    7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • 21You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!

  • 4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • 4The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

  • 16Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the Sovereign LORD has sent me, accompanied by his Spirit.

  • Isa 44:7-8
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    7Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me– since I established an ancient people– let them announce future events!

    8Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

  • 17For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

  • 18A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

  • 2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.

  • 10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’

  • 2They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.

  • Ps 139:15-16
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    15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

    16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

  • 6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

  • 11Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

  • 4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

  • 22“Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

  • 15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Isa 43:8-10
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    8The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

    9All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’

    10You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

  • 12Habakkuk Voices Some Concerns LORD, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. LORD, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.

  • 18So the LORD said,“Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

  • 4Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

  • 5The Lord Reveals Some Startling News“Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.

  • 4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

  • 21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • 10Is there anything about which someone can say,“Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.

  • 18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

  • 7You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

  • 6They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.