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.
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 4
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 5
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).
4 tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”
5 tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”