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Isaiah 48:3

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.

KJV

Priora ex tunc annuntiavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea : repente operatus sum, et venerunt.

Vulgate

τὰ πρότερα ἔτι ἀνήγγειλα, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἀκουστὸν ἐγένετο· ἐξάπινα ἐποίησα, καὶ ἐπῆλθεν.

LXX

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.

ASV

הָ/רִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ מֵ/אָ֣ז הִגַּ֔דְתִּי וּ/מִ/פִּ֥/י יָצְא֖וּ וְ/אַשְׁמִיעֵ֑/ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם עָשִׂ֖יתִי וַ/תָּבֹֽאנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
י
y
noun · 496×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
פִּתְאֹ֑ם
pt'm
adverb · 25×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 10:33 — Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
  • Isa 37:7 — Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
  • Isa 37:29 — Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
  • Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
  • Isa 41:22 — Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
  • Isa 41:27 — The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
  • Isa 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
  • Isa 43:9 — Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified:
  • Isa 44:7 — And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
  • Isa 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a
  • Isa 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a
  • Isa 46:9 — Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
  • Isa 48:5 — I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded
  • Isa 48:16 — Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
  • Josh 21:45 — There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
  • Josh 23:14 — And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake con