Isaiah 48:8

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Neque audisti, neque cognovisti, neque ex tunc aperta est auris tua: scio enim quia prævaricans prævaricaberis, et transgressorem ex utero vocavi te.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Isaiah 48:1–11

This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.

Isaiah 48:1–22

The Lord urges Israel to abandon its long history of rebellion and pay attention to his words. In Hebrew, the word for listening often means the same as obeying or acting on what is heard.

Isaiah 47:1–48:22

We can draw two conclusions from the earlier evidence that the Lord alone is God:

Babylon's great pride is foolish (Isaiah 47:1–15);
Israel should listen to the word of the Lord (Isaiah 48:1–22).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
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.
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.
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.
John 12:39–40
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
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.
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?
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.’
Deuteronomy 9:7–24
Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
Isaiah 46:8
Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
Isaiah 21:2
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Psalm 139:1–4
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

Glossary

Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Depravity of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Heredity: General Scriptures Concerning Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning The Fall of Man: Man in Consequence of Born in Sin

Isaiah 48:8

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