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Isaiah 48:5

48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; obstinate: Heb. hard
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.

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therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.’

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 declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.

48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

What does Isaiah 48:5 mean?

Isaiah 48:5 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָז (ʼâz), נָגַד (nâgad), בּוֹא (bôwʼ). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

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I
have
even
from
the
beginningאָזʼâz/awz/H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
declaredנָגַדnâgad/naw-gad'/H5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
it
to
thee;
before
it
came
to
passבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
I
shewedשָׁמַעshâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
it
thee:
lest
thou
shouldest
say,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Mine
idolעֹצֶבʻôtseb/o'-tseb/H6090an idol (as fashioned); also pain (bodily or mental)
hath
doneעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
them,
and
my
graven
image,פֶּסֶלpeçel/peh'-sel/H6459an idol
and
my
molten
image,נֶסֶךְneçek/neh'-sek/H5262a libation; also a cast idol
hath
commandedצָוָהtsâvâh/tsaw-vaw'/H6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
them.

Commentary on Isaiah 48:5

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 48:5
le man. 1. His description: He stops his ears at the cry of the poor, at the cry of their wants and miseries (he resolves to take no cognizance of them), at the cry of their requests and supplications—he resolves he will not so much as give them the hearing, turns them away from his door, and forbids them to come near him, or, if he cannot avoid hearing them, he will not need them, nor be moved by their complaints, no be prevailed with by their importunities; he shuts up the bowels of his compassion, and that is equivalent to the stopping of his ears, Acts vii. 57 . 2. His doom. He shall himself be reduced to straits, which will make him cry, and then he shall not be heard. Men will not hear him, but reward him as he has rewarded others. God will not hear him; for he that showed no mercy shall have judgment without mercy ( Jam. ii. 13 ), and he that on earth denied a crumb of bread in hell was denied a drop of water. God will be deaf to the prayers of those who are deaf to the cries of the poor, which, if they be not heard by us, will be heard against us, Exod. xxii. 23 . 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more viol

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 29:12

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Psalms 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. within: Heb. in the midst of my bowels

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! call: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc

Isaiah 10:29

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Isaiah 48:12

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Matthew 7:23

And then will I profess unto them I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; things: or, scandals

Matthew 13:42

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 13:27

But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Luke 13:28

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 48:5.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 12:18

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 14:13

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. obtain: Heb. be built by her

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 21:26

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

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What does Isaiah 48:5 say?

Isaiah 48:5 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 48:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 48:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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