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You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
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Prophecy as God's Proof
Commentators explain that God points to His track record of fulfilled prophecy as undeniable evidence of His power and foreknowledge. He challenges His people to look at the evidence ('see all this') and then bear witness to it ('declare it'). This serves to silence human pride and confirm that He alone is God.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You have heard – You are witnesses that the prediction was uttered long before it was fulfilled.
See all this – Se…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou hast heard ... —The appeal is to the conscience of the exiles. They had heard the prediction. They are urged to cons…
Baptist
What a description! Treacherous, false, indeed, very treacherous, beyond the usual degree of treachery; transgressors from our very birth, accustom…
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16th Century
Protestant
You have heard. This makes it still more clear that the Prophet speaks of a future captivity and of the redemption by which it would be fo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have heard, see all this: and will you not declare it ? &c.] You have heard of all these things, how they were f…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.
In th…