KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 48:8
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
WEB World English Bible
Yes, you didn’t hear; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
ASV American Standard Version
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And ‘Transgressor from the belly,’ One is crying to thee.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 48
5 I have even from the beginning declared [it] to thee; before it came to pass I shewed [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6 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.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 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.
9 For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
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גַּ֣םH1571 · gamalsoלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotשָׁמַ֗עְתָּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearגַּ֚םH1571 · gamalsoלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָדַ֔עְתָּH3045 · ya.dato knowגַּ֕םH1571 · gamalsoמֵאָ֖זH227 · azthenלֹא־H3808 · lonotפִתְּחָ֣הH6605 · pa.tachto openאָזְנֶ֑ךָH241 · o.zenearכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙H3045 · ya.dato knowבָּג֣וֹדH898 · ba.gadto act treacherouslyתִּבְגּ֔וֹדH898 · ba.gadto act treacherouslyוּפֹשֵׁ֥עַH6586 · pa.sahto transgressמִבֶּ֖טֶןH990 · be.tenbelly: abdomenקֹ֥רָאH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלָֽךְ׃H9032 · khyou
Cross-references
Psalm 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.Hosea 5:7They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.John 12:39-40Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,Ezekiel 16:3-5And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.Matthew 13:13-15Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.Isaiah 42:19-20Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?Malachi 2:11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.Isaiah 29:10-11For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.Jeremiah 3:20Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.Psalm 51:5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.Psalm 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;Isaiah 50:5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.Jeremiah 3:7-11And I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].Psalm 139:1-4To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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