Isaiah 48:3

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

² For they are named after the Holy City,
and lean on the God of Israel;
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
³ I declared the past events long ago;
they came out of My mouth; I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
⁴ Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,

Former Things

From the Beginning

Says the Lord

In The Future

Israel

Isaiah 41:22

“Let them come and tell us
what will happen.
Tell us the past events,
so that we may reflect on them
and know the outcome,
or tell us the future.

Isaiah 42:9

The past events have indeed happened.
Now I declare new events;
I announce them to you before they occur.”

Isaiah 45:21

Speak up and present your case—
yes, let them take counsel together.
Who predicted this long ago?
Who announced it from ancient times?
Was it not I, Yahweh?
There is no other God but Me,
a righteous God and Savior;
there is no one except Me.

Joshua 21:45

None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.

Isaiah 43:9

All the nations are gathered together,
and the peoples are assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and tell us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses
to vindicate themselves,
so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

Isaiah 44:7-8

Who, like Me, can announce the future?
Let him say so and make a case before Me,
since I have established an ancient people.
Let these gods declare the coming things,
and what will take place.

Joshua 23:14-15

“I am now going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Isaiah 10:12-19

But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

Isaiah 10:33-34

Look, the Lord God of Hosts
will chop off the branches with terrifying power,
and the tall trees will be cut down,
the high trees felled.

Isaiah 37:7

I am about to put a spirit in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Isaiah 37:29

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

Isaiah 37:36-38

Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 46:9-10

Remember what happened long ago,
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and no one is like Me.