Isaiah 48:8

What does Isaiah 48:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 48:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Context

v.7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

v.8This passage

v.9For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 29:10

    For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

  • Matthew 13:13

    Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

  • Isaiah 21:2

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Jeremiah 3:7

    And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

  • Hosea 5:7

    They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

  • Malachi 2:11

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

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