48:3 “I announced events beforehand, 1
I issued the decrees and made the predictions; 2
suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
48:5 I 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.’
1 tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”
2 tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”