Isaiah 48:8

"They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’"

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes that God's revelations are fresh and new, meant to challenge the belief that such knowledge has always been known. It underscores that these prophecies came unexpectedly, preventing any claim of prior foreknowledge.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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, and incredulous. It is not only re-affirming what had been said in the previous verses, but is designed to show that they were characteristically and constantly a perverse, hardened, and insensible people. The phrase, ‘thou heardest not,’ therefore means that they did not attend to these things when they were uttered, and were prone to disregard God, and all his predictions and promises.

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