Isaiah 48:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵ So long ago I told you what would happen.
    I told you about those things long before they happened.
I did this so that you could not say,
    ‘The gods we made did this.
    Our idols, our statues, made this happen.’”

⁶ “You heard what I said would happen.
    And you can see it has all been done.
    Shouldn’t you tell this to others?
Now I will tell you about new things,
    secrets you have not known before.
⁷ This is something that is happening now, not long ago.
    You have not heard about it before today.
    So you cannot say, ‘We already knew that.’