Isaiah 48:5

Good News Translation

And so I predicted your future long ago, announcing events before they took place, to keep you from claiming that your idols and images made them happen.

Cross References

Isaiah 43:19

Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already—you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.

Isaiah 44:7

Could anyone else have done what I did? Who could have predicted all that would happen from the very beginning to the end of time?

Isaiah 44:8

Do not be afraid, my people! You know that from ancient times until now I have predicted all that would happen, and you are my witnesses. Is there any other god? Is there some powerful god I never heard of?”

Isaiah 45:20

The Lord says, “Come together, people of the nations, all who survive the fall of the empire; present yourselves for the trial! The people who parade with their idols of wood and pray to gods that cannot save them— those people know nothing at all!

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I predicted the outcome; long ago I foretold what would happen. I said that my plans would never fail, that I would do everything I intended to do.

Isaiah 48:3

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

Luke 1:70

He promised through his holy prophets long ago

Acts 15:18

So says the Lord, who made this known long ago.’