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Isaiah 48:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze; "

Isaiah 48:4

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2 for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.

3 I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.

4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

5 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. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’

6 You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

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Isaiah 48:1

"“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by the LORD’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—"

Isaiah 48:2

"for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name."

Isaiah 48:3

"I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened."

Isaiah 48:5

"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. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’"

Isaiah 48:6

"You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known."

Isaiah 48:7

"They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’"

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