Isaías 48:5

5 Por eso te dije lo que iba a suceder;
te anuncié de antemano lo que iba a hacer.
Así nunca podrías decir: “Mis ídolos lo hicieron;
mi imagen de madera y mi dios de metal ordenaron que sucediera”.

Isaías 48:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 48:5

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee
From the beginning of their being a people, even before they were formed into a body politic; yea, from the original of them, from the time of Abraham their ancestor, as before observed: before it came to pass I showed it thee;
some hundreds of years before; first to Abraham, then to Isaac, then to Jacob, then to Joseph, and then to Moses, and by him to the children of Israel: lest thou shouldest say, mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,
and my molten image, hath commanded them;
or my libation or fusion of wine, oil, or blood, by which, as by other things, they made conjectures of what was to come to pass; so Gussetius ^F2 interprets the last word; lest they should ascribe their deliverance out of Egypt to the idols they made and worshipped, being a people prone to idolatry; as they did when they made a golden calf, and danced about it, ( Exodus 32:4 ) . This the Lord knew before hand, and therefore to prevent this stupidity, or convince them of it, he foretold what should come to pass, which their idols were never able to do.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Ebr. Comment. p. 517.

Isaías 48:5 In-Context

3 Hace mucho tiempo te dije lo que iba a suceder.
Entonces, de repente entré en acción
y todas mis predicciones se hicieron realidad.

4 Pues yo sé lo terca y obstinada que eres;
tu cuello es tan inflexible como el hierro
y tu cabeza es tan dura como el bronce.

5 Por eso te dije lo que iba a suceder;
te anuncié de antemano lo que iba a hacer.
Así nunca podrías decir: “Mis ídolos lo hicieron;
mi imagen de madera y mi dios de metal ordenaron que sucediera”.

6 Oíste mis predicciones y las viste cumplidas,
pero te niegas a admitirlo.
Ahora te diré cosas nuevas,
cosas secretas que aún no has oído.

7 Son totalmente nuevas; no son del pasado.
Así que no podrás decir: “¡Eso ya lo sabíamos!”.