Isaiah 48:8

Yet thou heardest them not, neither diddest know them, neither yet was thine eare opened of olde: for I knewe that thou wouldest grieuously transgresse: therefore haue I called thee a transgressour from the wombe.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.

9For my Names sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refraine it from thee, that I cut thee not off.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:24Ye haue bene rebellious vnto the Lord, since the day that I knewe you.

Deuteronomy 31:18But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euill, which they shall commit, in that they are turned vnto other gods.

Psalms 51:5Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

Psalms 139:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.

Isaiah 21:2A grieuous vision was shewed vnto me, The transgressour against a transgressour, and the destroyer against a destroyer. Goe vp Elam, besiege Media: I haue caused all the mourning thereof to cease.

Isaiah 29:10For the Lord hath couered you with a spirite of slumber, and hath shut vp your eyes: the Prophets, and your chiefe Seers hath he couered.

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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