Isaiah 48:5
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I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.

even

Isaiah 48:3 The former things of old, I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.

Isaiah 44:7 Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him set before me the order, since I appointed the ancient people: and the things to come, and that shall be hereafter, let them shew unto them.

Isaiah 46:10 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:

Luke 1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning.

Acts 15:18 To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world.

mine idol

Isaiah 42:8,9 I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things. . . .

Jeremiah 44:17,18 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil. . . .

Context
Israel's Stubbornness
4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass. 5I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.6See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:…
Cross References
Isaiah 44:8
Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?

Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.

Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremiah, saying:

Lexicon
Therefore I declared it
וָאַגִּ֤יד (wā·’ag·gîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

to you
לְךָ֙ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

long ago;
מֵאָ֔ז (mê·’āz)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 227: At that time, place, therefore

I announced it
הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָ (hiš·ma‘·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

before
בְּטֶ֥רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

it came to pass,
תָּב֖וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

so you could not
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

claim,
תֹּאמַר֙ (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘My idol
עָצְבִּ֣י (‘ā·ṣə·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6091: An, image

has done this;
עָשָׂ֔ם (‘ā·śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

my carved image
וּפִסְלִ֥י (ū·p̄is·lî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6459: An idol, image

and molten god
וְנִסְכִּ֖י (wə·nis·kî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5262: A libation, a cast idol

has ordained it.’
צִוָּֽם׃ (ṣiw·wām)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


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

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.

And I told thee of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.

so I have long ago declared [them] to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear [them]; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.

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

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.'

And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, 'Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command them.
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