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Isaiah 48:8

World English Bible

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.

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Isaiah 48:8 in other translations

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.

Isaiah 48:8 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 48:8 in context

  1. 6You 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.
  2. 7They are created now, and not from of old.
    Before today, you didn’t hear them,
    lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
  3. 8Yes, 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.
  4. 9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
    and for my praise, I hold it back for you
    so that I don’t cut you off.
  5. 10Behold, I have refined you,
    but not as silver.
    I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.