What is the meaning of Isaiah 48:7? They are created now The Lord is announcing brand-new acts of salvation and judgment. • Just as He once spoke light into existence (Genesis 1:3, Psalm 33:9), He is “creating” fresh events on the stage of history. • Isaiah has already contrasted “former things” with “new things” (Isaiah 42:9). God’s track record proves He alone can both declare and bring to pass what never existed before. • These “created” things point ahead to the immediate deliverance from Babylon and, ultimately, to the greater redemption in Christ, who declares, “Behold, I make all things new” (Revelation 21:5). and not long ago The emphasis lies on immediacy. • The Lord is not recycling ancient predictions; He is unveiling plans that were not part of the earlier prophetic catalog. • This shows His ongoing, active sovereignty—He is never confined to past deeds (Lamentations 3:22-23). • By highlighting the recent origin of these promises, God distinguishes them from older prophecies already fulfilled, proving He is still speaking and still in control. you have not heard of them before today Israel couldn’t find these revelations in any previous scroll or oral tradition. • Isaiah echoes 64:4—“From ancient times no one has heard… what God has prepared.” • Paul applies the same truth to the gospel mystery (1 Corinthians 2:9-10): what eye had not seen, God has now revealed by His Spirit. • The people’s ignorance underscores their need for fresh dependence on the Lord; self-reliance would leave them blind (Proverbs 3:5). So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’ The purpose is humility and exclusive glory for God. • If the announcements were familiar, Israel could boast, “We saw it coming,” or worse, credit their idols (Isaiah 48:5, 42:8). • God shuts every door to human pride: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom… but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me” (Jeremiah 9:23-24). • New revelation strips away excuses, inviting wholehearted faith and obedience. summary Isaiah 48:7 teaches that God is unveiling completely new acts of deliverance, freshly “created” by His sovereign word. He makes clear they were not disclosed before so that His people cannot credit idols or their own insight. The verse calls us to trust the Lord who continually speaks, humbles human pride, and secures all glory for Himself through His ever-new works of redemption. |
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