Isaiah 48:3

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

² “For they call themselves after the holy city
And lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
³ “I declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
⁴ “Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron sinew
And your forehead bronze,

Former Things

From the Beginning

Says the Lord

In The Future

Israel

Isaiah 41:22

Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the former events, declare what they were,
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;

Isaiah 42:9

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isaiah 45:21

“Declare and set forth your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

Joshua 21:45

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

Isaiah 43:9

All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them can declare this
And proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”

Isaiah 44:7-8

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;
Yes, let him recount it to Me in order,
From the time that I established the ancient nation.
And let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.

Joshua 23:14-15

“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.

Isaiah 10:12-19

So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”

Isaiah 10:33-34

Behold, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down
And those who are lofty will be abased.

Isaiah 37:7

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

Isaiah 37:29

“Because of your raging against Me
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

Isaiah 37:36-38

Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead.

Isaiah 46:9-10

“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,