Devine Scripture

Isaiah 48:5

Isaiah chapter 48 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

Context

v.4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

v.5This passage

v.6Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 48:3

    I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

  • Luke 1:70

    (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

  • Isaiah 42:8

    I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

  • Acts 15:18

    Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

  • Jeremiah 44:15

    Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

  • Isaiah 44:7

    And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.