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They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn`t hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
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Prophecy Silences Pride
Commentators agree that God reveals future events in a way that is clearly supernatural. By declaring things 'created now' and previously unheard of, God ensures that no one can claim they predicted the outcome through their own wisdom or political insight. The purpose of this prophetic revelation is to stop human boasting and ensure all glory goes to God for His sovereign acts in history.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They are created now - The Septuagint renders this as Νῦν γίνεται nun ginetai - ‘Done now;’ and many expositors i…
19th Century
Anglican
They are created now ... —The verb is an unusual one, as applied to the events of history. What is meant is that the thin…
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
Now for the first time have they been created. The Prophet shows that he is not reasoning about things that are known or that have been le…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They are created now, and not from the beginning Not that they were now done or brought into being, for as yet Cyrus was …
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…