God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 48:6
6You’ve heard these words. Now look at all this. Won’t you admit it? From now on I will reveal to you new things, hidden things that you do not know.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
- 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.
Context of Isaiah 48:6
4I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull. 5That is why I revealed to you what would happen long ago. I told you about them before they happened. ⌞I did this⌟ so you couldn’t say, “My gods have done these things. My carved idols and my metal idols have commanded them to happen.” You’ve heard these words. Now look at all this. Won’t you admit it? From now on I will reveal to you new things, hidden things that you do not know. 7They are created now, not in the past. You haven’t heard about them before today, so you can’t say that you already knew about them. 8You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you’ve acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.
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 107:43Let those who ⌞think⌟ they are wise pay attention to these things so that they may understand the Lord’s blessings.
- Jeremiah 2:31“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation. Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?
- Micah 6:9The voice of the Lord calls out to the city. (The fear of your name is wisdom.) “Listen, you tribe assembled in the city.
- Isaiah 21:10You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed. I make known to you what I heard from the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:8Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears.
- Psalms 40:9I will announce the good news of righteousness among those assembled for worship. I will not close my lips. You know that, O Lord.
- Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, about your salvation all day long. Even then, it is more than I can understand.
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known about, things that our parents have told us.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I have repeated every regulation that ⌞comes⌟ from your mouth.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will praise your deeds to the next. Each generation will talk about your mighty acts.
- Jeremiah 50:2“Announce this among the nations, and spread the news. Raise a flag, and announce it. Don’t hide anything. Say, ‘Babylon will be captured. Bel will be put to shame. Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s statues will be put to shame. Its idols will be filled with terror.’
- Matthew 10:27Tell in the daylight what I say to you in the dark. Shout from the housetops what you hear whispered.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you. Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Isaiah 42:9What I said in the past has come true. I will reveal new things before they happen.
- Daniel 12:8I heard him, but I did not understand. So I asked him, “Sir, how will these things end?”
- Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds an alarm in a city, won’t the people be alarmed? If there is a disaster in a city, hasn’t the Lord 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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