Isaiah 42:9

42:9 Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; ¹ 

now I announce new events.

Before they begin to occur,

I reveal them to you.” ² 

Isaiah 46:9

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ³ 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ⁴ 

I am God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 48:3

48:3 “I announced events beforehand, ⁵ 

I issued the decrees and made the predictions; ⁶ 

suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

Isaiah 48:12

48:12 Listen to me, O Jacob,

Israel, whom I summoned!

I am the one;

I am present at the very beginning

and at the very end. ⁷ 

Isaiah 61:4

61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins

and restore the places that were desolate; ⁸ 

they will reestablish the ruined cities,

the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

[42:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the former things, look, they have come.”

[42:9]  ² tn Heb “before they sprout up, I cause you to hear.” The pronoun “you” is plural, referring to the people of Israel. In this verse “the former things” are the Lord’s earlier predictive oracles which have come to pass, while “the new things” are predicted events that have not yet begun to take place. “The former things” are earlier events in Israel’s history which God announced beforehand, such as the Exodus (see 43:16-18). “The new things” are the predictions about the servant (42:1-7). and may also include Cyrus’ conquests (41:25-27).

[46:9]  ³ tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[48:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”

[48:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”

[48:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “I [am] he, I [am the] first, also I [am the] last.”

[61:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”