Isaiah 48:8

Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

World English Bible

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. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

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Cross References

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

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

Psalms 51:5Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.

Psalms 139:1LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.

Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.

Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he 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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