Discovery BoxIsaiah 48:3 
Context48:3 “I announced events beforehand, 1
I issued the decrees and made the predictions; 2
suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
Isaiah 46:10
Context46:10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand 3 what has not yet occurred,
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire,’
Isaiah 48:8
Context48:8 You did not hear,
you do not know,
you were not told beforehand. 4
For I know that you are very deceitful; 5
you were labeled 6 a rebel from birth.
Isaiah 44:8
Context44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! 7
Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?
You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?
There is no other sheltering rock; 8 I know of none.
Isaiah 48:5
Context48:5 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 45:21
Context45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! 9
Let them consult with one another!
Who predicted this in the past?
Who announced it beforehand?
Was it not I, the Lord?
I have no peer, there is no God but me,
a God who vindicates and delivers; 10
there is none but me.
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.”
3 tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”
4 tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”
5 tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
6 tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
7 tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa.
8 tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”
9 tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.
10 tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”
