Isaiah 48:8

Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened,—For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

7Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them,—Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew them!

9For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee,—So as not to cut thee off.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:24Ye have been quarrelling, with Yahweh,—from the day that I first knew you.

Deuteronomy 31:18But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods.

Psalms 51:5Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.

Psalms 139:1O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:

Isaiah 21:2[So] hath, a grievous vision, been told me:—the deceiver, is deceiving. And the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam Besiege O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh, hath poured out upon you, a spirit of deep sleep, Yea hath tightly shut your eyes—the prophets,—And, your heads—the seers, hath he covered,

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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