Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the (i) womb.
(i) From the time that I brought you of Egypt: for that deliverance was as the birth of the Church.
YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT - This verse is designed to show not only that these events could not have been foreseen by them, but that when they were actually made known to them, they were stupid, dull, an...
CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
A RECAPITULATION OF THE ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. To the original text a redactor has added a commentary (bracketed below) from a different standpoint. Whereas the prophet regarded Israel as having more...
TRANSGRESSOR. rebel....
YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT— These words may be taken in two senses; namely, as a confirmation of what is said in the preceding verse, that the Jews had no knowledge of these _new things_ revealed to them...
SOVEREIGN IN WISDOM, CHAPTER 48 a. PROOF TEXT: Isaiah 48:1-8 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by th...
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....
LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...
YEA, FROM, etc.] RV 'yea, from of old thine ear,' etc....
To ‘listen’ to another means more than ‘to take in information’. To listen includes ‘to understand and to show clearly that you agree by your actions’....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 48 ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
גַּ֣ם לֹֽא ־שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ גַּ֚ם לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתָּ...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED Isaiah 48:1-16 We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we trust in idol...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
_Opened; docile, (Theodoret) or acquainted with these things. Isaias first made known the captivity of Babylon, and its end; and he insists so much, that people may discern the truth of his prediction...
Reader! mark, I beseech you, what a gracious expostulation of the Lord is contained in these verses. The Lord retraces the subject from the beginning. He gives his people to see what they were, and wh...
8._I knew that by transgressing thou wouldest transgress. _By these words the Lord means that it is not without good reason that he so earnestly persuades and entreats the people to acknowledge that i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT; YEA, THOU KNEWEST NOT YEA, FROM THAT TIME THAT THINE EAR WAS NOT OPENED,.... This, as Kimchi rightly observes, is said by way of reproof; showing that they were so far from kno...
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....
_Thou hast heard, see all this_ As thou hast heard all these things, from time to time, seriously consider them. _And will not ye declare it_ I call you to witness: must you not be forced to acknowled...
A TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB...
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened, their ears being as little opened now as ever, their hardness of heart continuing as bad as ever; FOR...
1-8 The Jews valued themselves on descent from Jacob, and used the name of Jehovah as their God. They prided themselves respecting Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was no holiness in their lives....
YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT; YEA, THOU KNEWEST NOT; the same thing is repeated again and again, because this was so illustrious a proof of the infinite power and providence of the God of Israel, and so cle...
Isaiah 48:8 hear H8085 (H8804) know H3045 (H8804) ear H241 opened H6605 (H8765) knew H3045 ...
CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...
THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH AND HIS INTENTION FOR THEM (ISAIAH 48:1). Isaiah 48:1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, And are come forth out of the waters of Judah....
Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...
_Yea, thou heardest not_ GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE OF MAN’S SIN As in a looking-glass, let us see ourselves. 1. Let the unconverted man see his own picture. God has spoken quite as pointedly to you as eve...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...
GOD’S COMMUNICATIONS TO MANKIND Isaiah 48:6. _I have showed thee new things, &c._ I. _The manner of God’s communications_. Prophetic, addressed to the ear, and concerning things hidden from human re...
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
Deuteronomy 9:7; Ephesians 2:3; Ezekiel 16:3; Hosea 5:7; Hosea 6:7;...
Yea — The same thing is repeated, because this was so illustrious a proof of the infinite power and providence of God. Thine ear — Thou didst not hear, I did not reveal these things unto thee: for so...