Isaiah 48:6

⁴ For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

⁵ Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

⁷ They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’

⁸ 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
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.
WEB: You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
ASV: Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
DARBY: Thou heardest, see all this; and ye, will not ye declare [it]? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:
BLB: You have heard—see all of it—and will you⁺ not declare [it]? I make you to hear new things from now, and hidden things that you did not know.

ÅB: Du har hørt det; nå kan du se det alt sammen! Og dere, må dere ikke bekjenne det? Fra nå av kunngjør jeg noe nytt for deg, dulgte ting, som du ikke har visst om.
OTB: Du har hørt disse tingene; observer dem alle. Vil du ikke erklære det? Fra nå av vil Jeg fortelle deg om nye ting, skjulte ting ukjente for deg.
B1930: Du har hørt det; nu kan du se det alt sammen! Og I, må I ikke bekjenne det? Fra nu av kunngjør jeg noget nytt for dig, dulgte ting, som du ikke har visst om.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 4:1
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
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Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
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Romans 16:25–26
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
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Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
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John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
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Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
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Isaiah 43:8–10
Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
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Daniel 12:8–13
I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
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