Isaiah 48:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ “The former things I declared of old, they went forth from my mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ I have declared from the beginning the former things [which happened in times past to Israel]; they went forth from My mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass [says the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³ Past things I announced long ago; from my mouth I proclaimed them. I acted suddenly, and they came about.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ From that time, I announced the former things. They went forth from my mouth, and I have caused them to be heard. I wrought these things suddenly, and they were fulfilled.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The former things of old I have declared. And they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard. I did them suddenly, and they came to pass:

Isaiah 48:3 Cross References

Isaiah 29:5

But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;

Isaiah 37:29

Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.’

Isaiah 37:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’ ”

Isaiah 41:22

Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.

Isaiah 41:27

I first have declared it to Zion, and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.

Isaiah 42:9

Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

Isaiah 43:9

Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, It is true.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

Joshua 21:45

Not one of all the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.