5 Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’ 6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you. 7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
Isaiah 48:5–7
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