Isaiah 48:8

Yea, thou heard not. Yea, thou knew not. Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened. For I knew that thou dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

In Context

7They are created now, and not from of old. And thou have not heard them before this day, lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.

9For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will refrain for thee, that I not cut thee off.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:24Ye have been rebellious against LORD from the day that I knew you.

Deuteronomy 31:18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they have turned to other gods.

Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Psalms 139:1O LORD, thou have searched me, and known.

Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam. Besiege, O Media, all the sighing of it I have made to cease.

Isaiah 29:10For LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:2-9

God's Expostulation with His People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed… Read the whole commentary →

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