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Isaiah 48:8
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.
Isaiah 48:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new, things you never heard of before. For I know so well what traitors you are. You have been rebels from birth.
Context of Isaiah 48:8
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. 7They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.' You 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. 9"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:8 word by word
גַּ֣ם לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ גַּ֚ם לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתָּ גַּ֕ם מֵאָ֖ז לֹא־פִתְּחָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ בָּג֣וֹד תִּבְגּ֔וֹד וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַ מִבֶּ֖טֶן קֹ֥רָא לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Yea, thou heardestשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- not; yea, thou knewestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- thine earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
- was not openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
- that thou wouldest deal veryבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
- and wast calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- a transgressorפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586
- from the wombבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:8
- Isaiah 6:9And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
- Isaiah 26:11O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
- Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
- Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the Lord?
- Jeremiah 5:21"Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
- Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
- John 12:39Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,
- Isaiah 50:5The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.
- Psalms 40:6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
- Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
- Isaiah 48:4Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
- Isaiah 21:2A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
- Jeremiah 3:7And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly treacherous to me, declares the Lord.
- Hosea 5:7They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
Commentaries on Isaiah 48:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Yea, thou heardest not - This verse is designed to show not only that these events could not have been foreseen by them, but that when they were actually made known to them, they were stupid, dull, and incredulous. It is not only re-affirming what had been said in the previous verses, but is designed to show that they were characteristically and constantly a perverse, hardened, and insensible people. The phrase, thou heardest not,‘ therefore means that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. heardest not--repeated, as also "knewest not," from Is 48:7. from that time--Omit "that." "Yea, from the first thine ear did not open itself," namely, to obey them [Rosenmuller]. "To open the ear" denotes obedient attention (Is 50:5); or, "was not opened" to receive them; that is, they were not declared by Me to thee previously, since, if thou hadst been informed of them, such is thy perversity, thou couldst not have been kept in check [Maurer]. In 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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