Isaiah 48:8

You never heard; you did not know; these things were not unfolded to your ears beforehand. 1 For I knew that you have been very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth. 1

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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

7Now, and not from previously, they come into being, and before today you have not heard about them, 1 so you will not be able to say, 'Yes, I knew about them.' 1

9For the sake of my name I will defer my anger, and for my honor I will hold back from destroying you. 1

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 31:18I will surely hide my face from them on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, because they has turned to other gods.

Psalms 51:5See, I was born in iniquity; 1 as soon as my mother conceived me, I was in sin. 1

Psalms 139:1Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me. 1

Isaiah 21:2A distressing vision has been given to me: 1 the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. 1 Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media; 1 I will stop all her groaning. 1

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. 1 He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.

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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