Isaiah 48:8

Sin

⁶ 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!’

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.

⁹ For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

¹⁰ See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

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 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.
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.
WEB: 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 were called a transgressor from the womb.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
BLB: Indeed, you have not heard; indeed you have not known; even from [long] ago your ear was not opened; for I knew [that] you would be utterly treacherous,, and ‘one rebelling from the womb’ is it called out for you.

ÅB: Du har ikke hørt det eller fått det å vite, heller ikke er ditt øre for lenge siden blitt åpnet; for jeg visste at du er troløs og er blitt kalt en overtreder fra mors liv av.
OTB: Du har verken hørt eller forstått; fra gammelt av har ditt øre ikke vært åpent. Jeg visste at du ville handle meget svikefullt; du har blitt kalt en opprører fra fødselen av.
B1930: Du har ikke hørt det eller fått det å vite, heller ikke er ditt øre for lenge siden blitt oplatt; for jeg visste at du er troløs og er blitt kalt en overtreder fra mors liv av.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
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Hosea 5:7
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
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John 12:39–40
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
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Malachi 2:11
Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
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Jeremiah 6:10
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
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Ezekiel 16:3–5
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
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Matthew 13:13–15
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
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Isaiah 42:19–20
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
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