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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 them.

I have even from the beginning {H227} declared {H5046} it to thee; before it came to pass {H935} I shewed {H8085} it thee: lest thou shouldest say {H559}, Mine idol {H6090} hath done {H6213} them, and my graven image {H6459}, and my molten image {H5262}, hath commanded {H6680} them.

I announced it to you long ago; before it occurred, I proclaimed it to you; so that you could not say, 'My idol did it; my carved image, my statue, gave the order for it.'

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 48:3 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 44:15 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 44:18 (3 votes)

    But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

  • Luke 1:70 (3 votes)

    As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

  • Acts 15:18 (2 votes)

    Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

  • Isaiah 44:7 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 42:8 (2 votes)

    I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.