“The Lord shows the future so that false gods will not be worshipped or given credit for the Lord’s doings (v. 5). The people of Judah had been shown and told of future events, but they had rejected this knowledge. The Lord knew they would reject it. He told them anyway so they would be accountable for their sins. An understanding of foreknowledge and why it is shared with the prophets is a unique and an important contribution that comes from Isaiah’s writing” (Nyman, I, Nephi, Wrote This Record, 305).