Isaiah 48:6

"therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’"

Key Reflection

This verse underscores the sovereignty of God by declaring that His plans were revealed in advance, to prevent any claim that idols or human efforts brought about these events. It emphasizes that all prophetic revelations come directly from God, not from human artifacts or deities.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou hast heard -You are witnesses that the prediction was uttered long before it was fulfilled. See all this -Behold how it is all fulfilled. Bear witness that the event is as it was predicted. And will ye not declare it? -Will you not bear witness to the entire fulfillment of the prophecy? God appeals to them as qualified to testify that what he had declared had come to pass, and calls on them to make this known as a demonstration that he alone was God (see the notes atIsaiah 44:8). I have showed thee new things from this time -From this time I make known a thing which has not before occurred, that you may have a similar demonstration that Yahweh is God.

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