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together. Who hath declared this from
ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I, the Lord?"

Is. 46: "Remember the former things of old, and know there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that
are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my
pleasure."

Is. 42: "Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

Is. 48:3: "I have declared the former things from the beginning; I did them
suddenly; and they came to pass. Because I know that thou art obstinate,
that thy spirit is rebellious, and thy brow brass; I have even declared it
to thee before it came to pass: lest thou shouldst say that it was the work
of thy gods, and the effect of their commands.

"Thou hast seen all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new
things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
They are created now, and not from the beginning; I have kept them hidden
from thee; lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew them.

"Yea, thou knewest not; yea, thou heardest not; yea, from that time that
thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou couldst deal very
treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb."

Reprobation of the Jews and conversion of the Gentiles.--Is. 65: "I am
sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought