Isaías 48:5

5 yo, pues, te las declaré desde hace tiempo; antes de que sucedieran te las proclamé, no sea que dijeras: "Mi ídolo las ha hecho, y mi imagen tallada o fundida las ha ordenado."

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 Las cosas pasadas desde hace tiempo las declaré, de mi boca salieron y las proclamé. De repente actué y se cumplieron.

4 Por cuanto sé que eres obstinado, que tendón de hierro es tu cerviz y de bronce tu frente,

5 yo, pues, te las declaré desde hace tiempo; antes de que sucedieran te las proclamé, no sea que dijeras: "Mi ídolo las ha hecho, y mi imagen tallada o fundida las ha ordenado."

6 Lo has oído; míralo todo. Y vosotros, ¿no lo declararéis? Desde este momento te hago oír cosas nuevas y ocultas que no conocías.

7 Ahora han sido creadas, y no hace tiempo, y antes de hoy no las habías oído, para que no digas: "He aquí, yo las conocía."