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Isaiah 42:9

Isaiah 42:9 is verse 9 of Isaiah chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

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Isaiah 42:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.

9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

10 Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

11 Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 15:14

But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

Genesis 15:15

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Joshua 21:45

Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Joshua 23:14

Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Joshua 23:15

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

1 Kings 8:15

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

1 Kings 8:16

‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:17

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:18

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

1 Kings 8:20

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 11:36

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

Isaiah 41:22

“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

Isaiah 41:23

Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 44:7

Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

Isaiah 44:8

Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

Isaiah 46:9

Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

Isaiah 46:10

I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

John 13:19

I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

Acts 15:18

that have been known for ages.’

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

1 Peter 1:11

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

2 Peter 1:19

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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