Isaiah 48:8

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 48:8

6You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. 7Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, ‘Yes, I know about them.’ You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth. 9For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you. 10Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Isaiah 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 6:9He said, “Go and tell these people: ‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
• Isaiah 26:11O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
• Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
• Isaiah 42:19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.
• Jeremiah 5:21Tell them: ‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
• Matthew 13:13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
• John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,
• Isaiah 50:5The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.
• Psalms 40:6Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
• Psalms 139:1O Lord, you examine me and know.
• Jeremiah 6:10I answered, “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
• Isaiah 48:4I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.
• Isaiah 21:2I have received a distressing message: “The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”
• Jeremiah 3:7Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.
• Jeremiah 5:11For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.
• Hosea 5:7They have committed treason against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and 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

Topics related to Isaiah 48:8

• Blindness
• Depravity of Man
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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