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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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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 48:7
18th Century
Theologian
They are created now - The Septuagint renders this as Νῦν γίνεται nun ginetai - ‘Done now;’ and many expositors i…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 48:7
19th Century
Bishop
They are created now ... —The verb is an unusual one, as applied to the events of history. What is meant is that the thin…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 48:6–8
19th Century
Preacher
What a description! Treacherous, false, indeed, very treacherous, beyond the usual degree of treachery; transgressors from our very birth, accustom…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 48:7
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Isaiah 48:7
17th Century
Pastor
They are created now, and not from the beginning Not that they were now done or brought into being, for as yet Cyrus was …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 48:1–8
17th Century
Minister
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…