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Isaiah 48:7 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 48 · verse 7
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.Isaiah 48:7 · King James Version
Isaiah 48:7 in context
5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8Yea, 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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heardestshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- createdbârâʼto createH1254 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8