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Isaiah 48:4-6
New English Translation
Isaiah 48:4-6
New English Translation
4 I did this[a] because I know how stubborn you are.
Your neck muscles are like iron
and your forehead like bronze.[b]
5 I announced them to you beforehand;
before they happened, I predicted them for you,
so you could never say,
‘My image did these things,
my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence![c]
Will you not admit that what I say is true?[d]
From this point on I am announcing to you new events
that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.[e]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:4 tn The words “I did this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 4 is subordinated to v. 3.
- Isaiah 48:4 sn The image is that of a person who has tensed the muscles of the face and neck as a sign of resolute refusal.
- Isaiah 48:6 tn Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”
- Isaiah 48:6 tn Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”
- Isaiah 48:6 tn Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”
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