Verses 6-7
6, 7. Thou hast heard, etc. The words are addressed to the Jews as if in Babylon. They have already heard enough from Jehovah. They have no need of more concerning the prediction of their deliverance through Cyrus.
See all this In God’s eye it is all fulfilled: see you the fact likewise. That is, believe Jehovah, the same as if its accomplishment were before your eyes.
And will not ye declare it Cause it to be known, testify to its certainty from perfect knowledge of God’s veracity? New things…
hidden things Perhaps among them Israel’s deliverances from Babylon, and their restoration to their own land and to God’s worship; not yet accomplished, but as certain as if they were.
They are created now Hence, they are the same as if already accomplished, and the Jews are to treat the prediction accordingly. The fulfilment is ideal but real. Babylon is to be destroyed, and Israel is to be delivered. Take these facts as made known by Jehovah, not by idol oracles or by human sagacity. No excuse for you to do otherwise. God’s veracity has often enough been proved to you. It is mockery of Jehovah to say, Behold, I knew them before.
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