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.

De 9:7-24; Ps 40:6; Ps 51:5; Ps 58:3; Ps 139:1-4; Isa 6:9,10; Isa 21:2; Isa 26:11; Isa 29:10,11; Isa 42:19,20; Isa 48:4; Isa 50:5; Jer 3:7-11,20; Jer 5:11; Jer 5:21; Jer 6:10; Eze 16:3-5; Ho 5:7; Ho 6:7; Mal 2:11; Mt 13:13-15; Joh 12:39,40; Eph 2:3

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).