Isaiah 48:7
They are created now, and not long ago;
What it says
These new things are created now, not from long ago, so they cannot claim prior awareness.
What it is doing
This verse removes any basis for self-congratulation or false foresight.
In context
1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city 3I foretold the former things long ago; 4For I knew that you are stubborn; 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; 6You have heard these things; look at them all. 7They are created now, and not long ago; 8You have never heard; you have never understood; 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act;