Isaiah 48:8

You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. ¹  For I know that you are very deceitful; ²  you were labeled ³  a rebel from birth.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ear has not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

"You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

"Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new, for I know so well what traitors you are. You have been rebels from your earliest childhood, rotten through and through.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

You've never been good listeners to me. You have a history of ignoring me, A sorry track record of fickle attachments--rebels from the womb.

SABDAweb Isa 48:8

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.

bibleoremus Isa 48:8

You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and that from birth you were called a rebel.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.

biblegateway Isa 48:8

You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. ¹  For I know that you are very deceitful; ²  you were labeled ³  a rebel from birth.

¹ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

² tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

³ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).