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I declared them to you of old;
    before they took place I informed you,
That you might not say, “My idol did them,
    my statue, my molten image commanded them.”

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Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(A) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(B)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

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Now, not from of old, they are created,
    before today you did not hear of them,
    so that you cannot claim, “I have known them.”

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They are created(A) now, and not long ago;(B)
    you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
    ‘Yes, I knew(C) of them.’

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