Isaiah 48:7
Good News Translation
Only now am I making them happen; nothing like this took place in the past. If it had, you would claim that you knew all about it.

New Revised Standard Version
They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, so that you could not say, “I already knew them.”

Contemporary English Version
Today I am doing something new, something you cannot say you have heard before.

New American Bible
Now, not from of old, they are created, before today you did not hear of them, so that you cannot claim, “I have known them.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.

no reference

Context
Israel's Stubbornness
6See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not: 7They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.8Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.…
Cross References
Isaiah 48:6
See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:

Isaiah 48:8
Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.

Isaiah 48:6
Top of Page
Top of Page