Isaiah 48:5
Douay-Rheims
I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
Ibn Ezra
I have even from the beginning, etc. This is the explanation; I foretold thee coming events, in order that thou shouldst not say when they happened, that thy idols worshipped by thee in thy land had prepared them, that by their decree the events took place, Hath commanded them. It is the same expression as used of the Almighty (45:12)
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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