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Isaiah 42:9

ProphecyGod's faithfulness

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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BSB
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
KJV
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
WEB
Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
ASV
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
DARBY
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth will I cause you to hear them.
BLB
Behold, the former things, they have come, and new [things] I am declaring—before they spring forth, I proclaim [them] to you⁺.”
ÅB
De ting som er forkynt tidligere, se, de er kommet, og nå forkynner jeg nye ting; før de spirer fram, lar jeg dere høre om dem.
OTB
Se, de tidligere ting har skjedd, og nye ting forkynner jeg; før de spirer fram, kunngjør jeg dem for dere.»
B1930
De ting som er forkynt tidligere, se, de er kommet, og nu forkynner jeg nye ting; før de spirer frem, lar jeg eder høre om dem.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 43:19

    Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

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  • Isaiah 46:9–10

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

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  • John 13:19

    Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

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  • 2 Peter 1:19–21

    We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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  • Isaiah 44:7–8

    And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

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  • Joshua 23:14–15

    And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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  • Isaiah 41:22–23

    Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

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  • 1 Kings 8:15–20

    And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

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