Isaiah 48:3

Good News Translation

The Lord says to Israel, “Long ago I predicted what would take place; then suddenly I made it happen.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:5

Jerusalem, all the foreigners who attack you will be blown away like dust, and their terrifying armies will fly away like straw. Suddenly and unexpectedly

Isaiah 30:13

You are guilty. You are like a high wall with a crack running down it; suddenly you will collapse.

Isaiah 37:29

I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth and will take you back by the same road you came.”

Isaiah 37:7

The Lord will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the Lord will have him killed there.”

Isaiah 41:22

Come here and predict what will happen, so that we will know it when it takes place. Explain to the court the events of the past, and tell us what they mean.

Isaiah 41:27

I, the Lord, was the first to tell Zion the news; I sent a messenger to Jerusalem to say, ‘Your people are coming! They are coming home!’

Isaiah 42:9

The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen.”

Isaiah 43:9

Summon the nations to come to the trial. Which of their gods can predict the future? Which of them foretold what is happening now? Let these gods bring in their witnesses to prove that they are right, to testify to the truth of their words.

Isaiah 45:21

Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the Lord, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.

Joshua 21:45

The Lord kept every one of the promises that he had made to the people of Israel.