Isaiah 48
- Similarities
- God is stronger than idols
- announces and decrees events before they happen
- Isa 48:3
- Isa 48:7-8
- Isa 48:14
- Isa 43:9-12
- points to evidence that He is stronger
- Isa 48:6
- Isa 48:12-14
- Isa 43:10-13
- Isa 43:16-17
- Isa 43:26-28
- announces and decrees events before they happen
- God shows grace and disciplines Israel for His own glory
- Isa 48:9
- Isa 48:10-11
- Isa 48:21
- Isa 43:5-7
- Isa 43:20-21
- Isa 43:25
- Isa 43:28
- God promises to free Israel from Babylon
- Isa 48:14-15
- Isa 48:20
- Isa 43:1-6
- God points out Israel’s evil ways
- Isa 48:1-2
- Isa 48:4
- Isa 48:8
- Isa 43:22-24
- God promises to do something new
- Isa 48:6
- Isa 43:18-19
- God is stronger than idols
- Differences
- God reminds Israel that if they had obeyed his commandments, He would have prospered them.
- Isa 48:17-19
- “if only” actually can mean a future or a past tense but probably means past-tense since its placement prepares the way for the good news of the future.
- God reminds Israel that if they had obeyed his commandments, He would have prospered them.