Isaiah 48:5
I have even from the beginning declared to you; before it came to pass I shewed you: lest you shouldest say, Mine idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
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3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared to you; before it came to pass I shewed you: lest you shouldest say, Mine idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
6 you hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare ? I have shewed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you didst not know them.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heardest them not; lest you shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.