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Isaiah 48:7-9
International Standard Version
Isaiah 48:7-9
International Standard Version
7 They are created now, and not long ago;
you didn’t hear them before today,
so you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew them.’
8 And[a] neither had you heard, nor did you understand,
nor did you open[b] your ear long ago.[c]
Indeed, I knew that[d] you would act very deceitfully,
and they would call[e] you a rebel from birth.
9 I defer my anger for my name’s sake,
and as my first act[f] I’m restraining it for you,
so as not to cut you off.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX lack And
- Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsaa Targ; MT reads did your ear open itself; CaiGen Syr Vulg read was your ear uncovered
- Isaiah 48:8 Lit. ear from of old
- Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks that
- Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsaa; LXX Targ read and you would be called; 4QIsad MT read deceitfully, calling
- Isaiah 48:9 Lit. and for my commencement; or and for my profanation; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read for my praise; LXX reads for my glorious deeds
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