Isaiah 48:6

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

4For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze. 5That is why I told you what would happen; I told you beforehand what I was going to do. Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’ 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. 7They are brand new, not things from the past. So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’ 8“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.

Isaiah 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 107:43Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 2:31“O my people, listen to the words of the Lord! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God! We don’t need him anymore!’
• Micah 6:9Fear the Lord if you are wise! His voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem: “The armies of destruction are coming; the Lord is sending them.
• Isaiah 21:10O my people, threshed and winnowed, I have told you everything the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said, everything the God of Israel has told me.
• Isaiah 43:8Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
• Psalms 40:9I have told all your people about your justice. I have not been afraid to speak out, as you, O Lord, well know.
• Psalms 71:15I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words.
• Psalms 78:3stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
• Psalms 119:13I have recited aloud all the regulations you have given us.
• Psalms 145:4Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.
• Jeremiah 50:2This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
• Matthew 10:27What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Isaiah 42:9Everything I prophesied has come true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.”
• Daniel 12:8I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. So I asked, “How will all this finally end, my lord?”
• Amos 3:6When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned 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