Isaiah 48:4-14

4 For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.

Israel Freed

12 “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
14 “Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]

Cross References 34

  • 1. S Isaiah 9:9; Deuteronomy 31:27
  • 2. S Exodus 32:9; S Deuteronomy 9:27; Acts 7:51
  • 3. Ezekiel 3:9
  • 4. S Isaiah 40:21; S Isaiah 42:9
  • 5. Jeremiah 44:15-18
  • 6. S Isaiah 41:22; S Romans 16:25
  • 7. Isaiah 65:18
  • 8. Isaiah 45:21
  • 9. S Exodus 6:7
  • 10. S Isaiah 1:3
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 29:4
  • 12. Isaiah 41:24; Malachi 2:11,14
  • 13. Deuteronomy 9:7,24; Psalms 58:3; S Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 43:27; Isaiah 58:1
  • 14. S 1 Samuel 12:22; S Isaiah 37:35
  • 15. S Job 9:13; Psalms 78:38; S Isaiah 30:18
  • 16. S Nehemiah 9:31
  • 17. S Isaiah 1:25; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
  • 18. S Exodus 15:25
  • 19. S Exodus 1:13; S 1 Kings 8:51
  • 20. S 1 Samuel 12:22; S Isaiah 37:35
  • 21. S Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 32:27; Jeremiah 14:7,21; Eze 20:9,14,22,44
  • 22. Isaiah 42:8
  • 23. S Isaiah 46:3
  • 24. Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 43:1
  • 25. S Isaiah 43:13
  • 26. S Isaiah 41:4; S Revelation 1:17; Revelation 22:13
  • 27. Hebrews 1:10-12
  • 28. S Genesis 2:1; Exodus 20:11; Job 9:8; Isaiah 40:22; S Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:18; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 65:17
  • 29. S Isaiah 34:16; Isaiah 40:26
  • 30. S Isaiah 43:9
  • 31. S Isaiah 41:22
  • 32. S Isaiah 41:2
  • 33. Isaiah 46:10-11
  • 34. S Isaiah 21:9; S Isaiah 45:1; Jeremiah 50:45

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Chaldeans" ; also in verse 20
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