Isaiah 48:8

No, you've never heard that, and you've never known that! Nobody's told you about that before! I know how deviously you operate—you're called “rebels from birth”!

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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

7These are brand-new, not something from the past. Before today you won't have heard anything about them, so you can't say, “Oh yes, I know about that.”

9But because of my nature I am delaying my punishment; and because of my reputation, I'm not going to destroy you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:24You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day I first knew you.

Deuteronomy 31:18Then I will definitely ignore them because of all the evil they have done by worshiping other gods.

Psalms 51:5It's true that I was born guilty—sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Psalms 139:1Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!

Isaiah 21:2a horrifying vision that has been explained to me. The betrayer still betrays; the destroyer still destroys. Elamites and Medes, go ahead, attack and lay siege to Babylon, for I'm putting a stop to all the pain it has caused.

Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has made you very sleepy, and he has shut the eyes and covered the heads of those who speak for God and see visions.

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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