English Standard Version
Isaiah 48:6
6"You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known.
Isaiah 48:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
- New International Version (NIV)You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You have heard; See all this. And will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from this time, Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled, but you refuse to admit it. Now I will tell you new things, secrets you have not yet heard.
Context of Isaiah 48:6
4Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass, 5I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, 'My idol did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them.' "You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known. 7They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.' 8You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:6 word by word
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽ חֲזֵה֙ כֻּלָּ֔הּ וְאַתֶּ֖ם הֲל֣וֹא תַגִּ֑ידוּ הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָ חֲדָשׁוֹת֙ מֵעַ֔תָּה וּנְצֻר֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou hast heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- seeחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
- all this; and will not ye declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- I have shewedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
- thee new thingsחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
- from this timeעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- even hidden thingsנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
- and thou didst not knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:6
- Psalms 107:43Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 2:31And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?
- Micah 6:9The voice of the Lord cries to the city— and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
- Isaiah 21:10O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
- Isaiah 43:8Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!
- Psalms 40:9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.
- Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 50:2"Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
- Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
- Daniel 12:8I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"
- Amos 3:6Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
Commentaries on Isaiah 48:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Thou hast heard, see all this "Thou didst hear it beforehand; behold, the whole is accomplished" - For חזה chazeh, see, a MS. has הזה hazzeh, this; thou hast heard the whole of this: the Syriac has וחזית vechazith, "thou hast heard, and thou hast seen, the whole." Perhaps it should be הנה hinneh, behold. In order to express the full sense, I have rendered it somewhat paraphrastically.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Thou hast heard - You are witnesses that the prediction was uttered long before it was fulfilled. See all this - Behold how it is all fulfilled. Bear witness that the event is as it was predicted. And will ye not declare it? - Will you not bear witness to the entire fulfillment of the prophecy? God appeals to them as qualified to testify that what he had declared had come to pass, and calls on them to make this known as a demonstration that he alone was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Although Israel often did not believe God's past predictions, God revealed new things they had not heard. Specifically, God revealed that Babylon would fall and Israel would be restored.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Thou, &c.--So "ye are my witnesses" (Is 43:10). Thou canst testify the prediction was uttered long before the fulfilment: "see all this," namely, that the event answers to the prophecy. declare--make the fact known as a proof that Jehovah alone is God (Is 44:8). new things--namely, the deliverance from Babylon by Cyrus, new in contradistinction from former predictions that had been fulfilled (Is 42:9; 43:19). Antitypically, the prophecy has in view the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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