Isaiah 48:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 48:8

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:33 (339)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is applicable to particular persons. We are all born children of disobedience; we were called transgressors from the womb, and therefore it is easy to foresee that we shall deal treacherously, very treacherously. Where original sin is actual sin will follow of course.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"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].

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּ֣ם	gam	neither	H1571 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ	sha.Ma'.ta	you heard	H8085 →
גַּ֚ם	gam	nor	H1571 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָדַ֔עְתָּ	ya.Da'.ta	you knew	H3045 →
גַּ֕ם	gam	nor	H1571 →
מֵאָ֖ז	me.'Az	from then	H227 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
פִתְּחָ֣ה	fi.te.Chah	it opened	H6605 →
אָזְנֶ֑ךָ	'a.ze.Ne.kha	ear your	H241 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙	ya.Da'.ti	I knew	H3045 →
בָּג֣וֹד	ba.God	certainly <to act treacherously>	H898 →
תִּבְגּ֔וֹד	tiv.God	you will act treacherously	H898 →
וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַ	u.fo.She.a'	and a rebel	H6586 →
מִבֶּ֖טֶן	mi.Be.ten	from [the] womb	H990 →
קֹ֥רָא	Ko.ra'	it has been called	H7121 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	to <the> you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
leads to
- Psalms 51:5
  Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Proverbs 22:15
  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Through
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…
leads to
- Acts 7:51
  You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Jeremiah 7:26
  Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
- Hebrews 11:7
  By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…
- John 7:7
  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Exodus 6:12
  But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
Through
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.
leads to
- Hosea 6:7
  But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah