⁵ Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.'

⁵ Therefore I declared them to you long ago , Before they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say , 'My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.'

⁵ therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.