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Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/48.htm">New Living Translation</a> “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. <a href="/esv/isaiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Indeed, you have not heard; indeed, you have not known. Indeed, even from long ago your ear has not been open Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a transgressor from the womb. <a href="/amp/isaiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “You have not heard, you have not known; Even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I [the LORD] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously; You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth. <a href="/csb/isaiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You have never heard; you have never known; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew that you were very treacherous, and were known as a rebel from birth. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You have never heard; you have never known; For a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew that you were very treacherous, and were known as a rebel from birth. <a href="/asv/isaiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You have never been willing to listen to what I say; from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel. <a href="/erv/isaiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you've acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a> I knew that you couldn't be trusted, that you have always been known as a rebel. That is why you never heard of this at all, why no word of it ever came to your ears. <a href="/isv/isaiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a> And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth. <a href="/msb/isaiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a> You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yes, you did not hear; yes, you did not 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. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yes, thou heardst not; yes, thou knewest not; yes, from that time that thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. <a href="/web/isaiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Indeed, you have not heard, "" Indeed, you have not known, "" Indeed, your ear has not opened from that time, "" For I have known you deal treacherously, "" And [are] a transgressor from the belly, "" One is crying to you. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/isaiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Also thou heardest not; also thou knewest not; also from then thine ear was not opened: for I knew, acting deceitfully, thou wilt act deceitfully, and it was called to thee transgressing from the womb.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a> You never heard, you never knew, they never reached your ears beforehand. Yes, I know you are utterly treacherous, a rebel you were named from the womb. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and that from birth you were called a rebel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Yea, you have neither heard nor known of them; nor were your ears opened of old; for I knew that you surely would lie and that you were called a wicked one from the womb. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You have not heard neither do you know them, and from former time your ears were not opened. I know that you surely lie and you were called evil from the womb<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Yea, thou heardest not; Yea, thou knewest not; Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; For I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, And wast called a transgressor from the womb. <a href="/sep/isaiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/48-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=10729" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Israel's Stubbornness</a> …7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’ 8<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You have never</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you have never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">understood;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: mê·’āz (Prep-m:: Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">for a long time</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·ne·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">your ears</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: p̄it·tə·ḥāh (V-Piel-Perf-3fs) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">been open.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">I knew</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bā·ḡō·wḏ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage."></a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: tiḇ·gō·wḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">how deceitful you are;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qō·rā (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">you have been called</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: ū·p̄ō·šê·a‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">a rebel</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: mib·be·ṭen (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">from birth.</a> 9For 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-24.htm">Deuteronomy 9:24</a> You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. <a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Psalm 78:8</a> Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Jeremiah 7:26</a> Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. <a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a> But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8</a> Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Jeremiah 17:23</a> Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a> For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a> But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Jeremiah 19:15</a> “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’” <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yes, you heard not; yes, you knew not; yes, from that time that your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.thou heardest<a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9,10</a> And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… <a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm">Isaiah 26:11</a> LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.<a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10,11</a> For 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… thine ear<a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Isaiah 50:5</a> The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.<a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6</a> Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.<a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me… I knew<a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Isaiah 48:4</a> Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;<a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> A 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.<a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm">Jeremiah 3:7-11,20</a> And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it… a transgressor<a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7-24</a> Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD… <a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Psalm 52:5</a> God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.<a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Psalm 58:3</a> The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Ago</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-12.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Earliest</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Heardest</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Heardst</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/142-3.htm">Knewest</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-27.htm">News</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Past</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Rebel</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Transgressor</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">Womb</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-3.htm">Word</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Ago</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm">Earliest</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-56.htm">Heardest</a> <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Heardst</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/daniel/5-22.htm">Knewest</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">News</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-4.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Past</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-3.htm">Rebel</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/romans/2-25.htm">Transgressor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Womb</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Word</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-18.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 48</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">He saves them for his own sake</a> 12. <a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence</a> 16. <a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">He laments their backwardness</a> 20. <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You have never heard; This phrase highlights Israel's persistent spiritual deafness and disobedience. Despite God's continuous communication through prophets, the people failed to truly listen. This echoes the broader biblical theme of Israel's stubbornness, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a>, where the people's ears are described as uncircumcised, unable to hear God's word. The failure to hear is not due to a lack of opportunity but a willful neglect of God's voice.you have never understood; Understanding in the biblical sense often involves not just intellectual comprehension but a heart response. The Israelites' lack of understanding is a recurring issue, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>, where God tells Isaiah that the people will hear but not understand. This reflects a spiritual blindness and hardness of heart, which Jesus also addresses in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a>).for a long time your ears have not been open. This phrase suggests a prolonged period of spiritual insensitivity. The imagery of closed ears is used throughout Scripture to describe a refusal to heed God's commands (<a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Ezekiel 12:2</a>). The duration implies a deep-seated rebellion and resistance to God's guidance, which has historical roots in Israel's repeated cycles of disobedience and repentance.For I knew how deceitful you are; God's omniscience is emphasized here, as He is fully aware of Israel's deceitful nature. This deceit is not just in actions but in their hearts, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>, which describes the heart as deceitful above all things. The deceitfulness of Israel is a reflection of their unfaithfulness to the covenant, often turning to idolatry and false worship.you have been called a rebel from birth. This phrase underscores the inherent rebellious nature of Israel, tracing back to their origins. The term "rebel" indicates a deliberate opposition to God's authority. This rebellion is evident from the time of the Exodus, where despite witnessing God's miracles, the people frequently complained and disobeyed (<a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a>). The concept of being rebellious from birth also points to the doctrine of original sin, suggesting an innate tendency towards sinfulness that requires divine intervention for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The primary audience of Isaiah's message, representing the people of God who were often rebellious and disobedient despite God's faithfulness. 3. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The context of Isaiah's prophecies includes the impending Babylonian exile, a period of punishment and refinement for Israel due to their persistent rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_our_nature.htm">Understanding Our Nature</a> Recognize that, like Israel, we have a natural tendency towards rebellion against God. This awareness should lead us to humility and dependence on God's grace. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening.htm">The Importance of Listening</a> Spiritual deafness is a serious issue. We must cultivate a heart that is open to hearing and understanding God's word, actively seeking His guidance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_foreknowledge_and_patience.htm">God's Foreknowledge and Patience</a> God knows our weaknesses and rebellious tendencies, yet He remains patient and offers us opportunities for repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Just as Israel was called to turn from their rebellious ways, we too are called to examine our lives and repent of any disobedience. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_a_new_creation.htm">Living as a New Creation</a> In Christ, we are no longer defined by our rebellious past. Embrace the new identity and live in obedience to God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 48</a> <a href="/q/order_of_jesus'_disciples'_calling.htm">What does 'travail' mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_48_12_relate_to_jesus.htm">How do statements like 'I am He; I am the first, I am also the last' (Isaiah 48:12) reconcile with later New Testament claims that Jesus is Alpha and Omega?</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_66_8__can_a_nation_be_born_in_a_day.htm">Isaiah 66:8: The sudden birth of a nation in one day--how can this be historically or politically plausible?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_world's_end.htm">What does the Bible say about the end of the world?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - Thou heardest not... thou knewest not. Again we seem to hear the voice of complaint, as in vers. 1, 2, 4. Israel had not "ears to hear" to any purpose such highly spiritual truths as those of the coming section. They had not profited by what was taught concerning Christ in the Law and the Psalms. From that time that thine ear was not opened; rather, from that time thine ear hath not been open. "From that time" means "from of old," or "from the beginning." <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/48-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You have never לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no heard; שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently you have never לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no understood; יָדַ֔עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know for a long time מֵאָ֖ז (mê·’āz) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> At that time, place, therefore your ears אָזְנֶ֑ךָ (’ā·zə·ne·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no been open. פִתְּחָ֣ה (p̄it·tə·ḥāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I knew יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know how deceitful you are; תִּבְגּ֔וֹד (tiḇ·gō·wḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> To cover, to act covertly, to pillage you have been called קֹ֥רָא (qō·rā) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read a rebel וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַ (ū·p̄ō·šê·a‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel from birth. מִבֶּ֖טֶן (mib·be·ṭen) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 48:8 Yes you didn't hear (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 48:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 48:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>