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. See all of it. So will you not admit it? I proclaim to you new things from now on—hidden things that you have not known. 7They are created now, not long ago. Before today you had not heard them. So you will not say, ‘Sure, I knew them.’ You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel. 9For My Name’s sake I defer My anger, for My praise I will restrain it for you— otherwise I would cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you, though not as silver. I tested you in the furnace of affliction.

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 6:9Then He said: “Go! Tell this people: ‘Hear without understanding, and see without perceiving.’
• Isaiah 26:11Adonai, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it; They will see Your zeal for the people and be put to shame. Yes, fire will devour Your enemies.
• Isaiah 29:10For Adonai has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has shut your eyes—the prophets, and covered your heads—the seers.
• Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but My Servant? Or deaf as My Messenger that I send? Who is so blind as the one in covenant with Me, blind as Adonai’s Servant?
• Jeremiah 5:21‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
• Matthew 13:13For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor do they understand.
• John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah also said,
• Isaiah 50:5Adonai Elohim has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.
• Psalms 40:6Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count!
• Psalms 139:1For the music director: a psalm of David. Adonai, You searched me and know me.
• Jeremiah 6:10“To whom can I speak and warn so they would hear? See, their ears are uncircumcised, unable to hear! The word of Adonai has become scorn to them. They have no delight in it.
• Isaiah 48:4For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
• Isaiah 21:2A harsh vision has been shown to me: “The traitor betrays, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.”
• Jeremiah 3:7Yet I thought that after she had done all this she would return to Me. But she did not return. Even her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
• Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Hosea 5:7They have betrayed Adonai, for they have begotten foreign children. Now the New Moon will devour them, with their portions.

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

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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