I have declared the former things - That is, in former times I have predicted future events by the prophets, which have come to pas…

I have declared ... —Once more, for the seventh time, the prophet presses the fact of Divine foreknowledge, not, as before, agains…

There is no better proof that God is God than that his prophecies have been fulfilled. Only the eternal can see into the future. He has done so, an…

Long ago have I declared the former things. He accuses the Jews of ingratitude because they distrust God, who has given every possible pro…

I have declared the former things from the beginning
From the time of their first ancestors, from the time of Abraha…

The Jews prided themselves on their descent from Jacob and claimed Jehovah as their God. They took pride in Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was…

1. Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.

   In th…