King James Version
Isaiah 48:7 in the King James Version says “They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest s...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.”
Isaiah 48:7 · KJV
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
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.
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They are created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“now and not from the beginning even before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“when thou heardest”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“Behold I knew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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