Cross references

Isaiah 48:3

I foretold the former things long ago;

they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them.

Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Isaiah 48:3 BSB

Isaiah 48:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 42:9 (13 votes) and Joshua 21:45 (11 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Deuteronomy 9 to Hosea 5.

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Which verses does Isaiah 48:3 point to?

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  1. Isaiah 42:913 votes

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

  2. Joshua 21:4511 votes

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

  3. Isaiah 41:2211 votes

    “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.

  4. 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. 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.”

  5. Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

  6. All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

  7. Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

  8. 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. 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.

  9. Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

  10. Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Which verses point to Isaiah 48:3?

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