Isaiah 48:2

But the people’s behaviour does not match their word.

• The Book of Isaiah emphasises the *Lord’s special name ‘Commander of Heaven’s Forces’, over 60 times. See my note on Isaiah 44:6.

The *Lord has announced what will happen

v3 ‘Long ago I declared that certain events would happen. I made known the future by my words. Then suddenly I acted. That proved my words to be true. v4 I did this because I knew your attitudes. You had firmly fixed your thoughts on your own opinions. Your neck seems as stiff as a bar of iron! Your head seems as hard as the hardest metal! v5 That is why long ago I told you about these future events. Before they happened, I announced them to you. So you could not say that your *idols had caused those events. Or that your wooden images or metal gods had made the events happen.’