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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heardest	שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
knewest	יָדַ֔עְתָּ ya.Da'.ta	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
ear	אָזְנֶ֑ךָ 'a.ze.Ne.kha	H241	broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
opened	פִתְּחָ֣ה fi.te.Chah	H6605	to open wide (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
knew	יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
very	בָּג֣וֹד ba.God	H898	to cover (with a garment) · verb, qal infinitive absolute
treacherously	תִּבְגּ֔וֹד tiv.God	H898	to cover (with a garment) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
called	קֹ֥רָא Ko.ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
transgressor	וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַ u.fo.She.a'	H6586	to break away (from just authority) · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
womb	מִבֶּ֖טֶן mi.Be.ten	H990	the belly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Hosea 5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Isaiah 42:19-20 Who 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?
Jeremiah 6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word o…
Ezekiel 16:3-5 And 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 mot…
Malachi 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD…
Matthew 13:13-15 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
John 12:39-40 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:1-8

We may observe here, I. The hypocritical profession which many of the Jews made of religion and relation to God. To those who made such a profession the prophet is here ordered to address himself, for their conviction and humiliation, that they might own God's justice in what he had brought upon them. Now observe here, 1. How high their profession of religion soared, what a fair show they made in the flesh and how far they went towards heaven, what a good livery they wore and what a good face they put upon a very bad heart. (1.) They were the house of Jacob; they had a place and a name in the visible church. Jacob have I loved. Jacob is God's chosen; and they are not only retainers to his fa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:8

heardest not--repeated, as also "knewest not," from Isa 48:7. from that time--Mine anger towards thee. Omit "that." "Yea, from "the first thine ear did not open itself," namely, to obey them [ROSENMULLER]. "To open the ear" denotes obedient attention (Isa 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 former view, the sense of the words following is, "For I knew that, if I had not foretold the destruction of Babylon so plainly that there could be no perverting of it, thou wouldst have perversely ascribed it to…

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John Gill on Isaiah 48:8

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened,.... This, as Kimchi rightly observes, is said by way of reproof; showing that they were so far from knowing these things before the prophecy of them was given out, that when it was, they did not hearken or listen to them; they did not understand them, nor receive and embrace them, but turned a deaf ear to them; their hearts being hardened, and they given up blindness of mind; which was the case of the Jews, even when the Messiah, the antitype of Cyrus, came, and there was a more clear revelation of Gospel truths, as was foretold, Isaiah 6:9. To this sense is the Targum, "yea, thou has not heard…

The Church Fathers

In Symmachus's translation: "And you, though faithless to the covenant, were called from the womb," so that not through you but through my merciful love I foretold and showed to you the things that would come to destroy your enemies, hurrying to save you in every engagement with them.
— Eusebius of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:33

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Dictionary and topics

Blindness · 21:14;22:13,14; — 21:14;22:13,14;
Depravity Of Man · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Fall Of Man, The · Man in consequence of: Born in sin — Man in consequence of: Born in sin
Heredity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Impenitence · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 48:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:8

John Gill on Isaiah 48:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 48:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:8

John Gill on Isaiah 48:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 48:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 48:6-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 48:6-7

Rashi on Isaiah 48:8