Isaiah 48:7

Now they are created, and not from long ago; 1 before today thou heardest them not; 1 lest thou shouldest say, Hinei, I knew them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

In Context

6Thou hast heard, 1 look at all this; and will not ye preach it? 1 I have caused thee to hear chadashot (new things) from this time, 1 even netzurot (hidden things) and thou didst not know them. 1

8Thou heardest not; thou had no da'as; 1 from of old, thine ozen (ear) was not opened; 1 for I knew that thou wouldest deal as a boged (treacherous betrayer), 1 and thou wast called a poshei'a (rebel, transgressor) from the beten + 48:8 i.e., birth; see Ps 51:5 (womb). 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:7Thus saith Hashem, 1 the Go'el Yisroel, and His Kadosh, 1 to Him of despised nefesh, + 49:7 See 53:3,11 1 to Him whom the Goy + 49:7 i.e., Israel; see Isa 53:3,8 (Nation) abhorreth, 1 to the Eved Moshelim: 1 Melachim shall see and arise, 1 Sarim also shall worship, + 49:7 52:15 1 because of Hashem Who is Ne'eman 1 and the Kadosh Yisroel, that hath chosen Thee. 1

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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