Isaiah 48:5

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.’

Isaiah 48:7

48:7 Now they come into being, ¹  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ²  I know about them.’

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¹ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

² tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”