Isaiah 48:8

God's Word

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you’ve acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

You were not pleased with sacrifices and offerings. You have dug out two ears for me. You did not ask for burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was born guilty. I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

Psalm 58:3

⌞Even⌟ inside the womb wicked people are strangers ⌞to God⌟. From their birth liars go astray.

Isaiah 21:2

I was shown a harsh vision. The traitor betrays. The destroyer destroys. Go to war, Elam! Surround them, Media! I will put an end to all the groaning.

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, your power is visible, but they do not see it. They will see how devoted your people are, and they will be put to shame. Your burning anger will destroy your enemies.

Isaiah 33:1

How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer, although you haven’t been destroyed. How horrible it will be for you, you traitor, although you haven’t been betrayed. When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out his burning anger and the horrors of war on them. It engulfed them in flames, but they did not understand. It burned them, but they did not take it to heart.

Isaiah 46:8

Remember this, and take courage. Recall your rebellious acts.

Isaiah 47:11

But evil will happen to you. You won’t know how to keep it away. Disaster will strike you. You won’t be able to stop it. Destruction will overtake you suddenly. You won’t expect it.

Isaiah 48:4

I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.

Isaiah 48:7

They are created now, not in the past. You haven’t heard about them before today, so you can’t say that you already knew about them.

Isaiah 50:5

The Almighty Lord will open my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away ⌞from him⌟.

Isaiah 57:4

Whom are you making fun of? Whom are you making a face at? Whom are you sticking out your tongue at? Aren’t you rebellious children, descendants of liars?

Jeremiah 3:20

But like a wife who betrays her husband, so you, nation of Israel, betrayed me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:11

The nations of Israel and Judah are unfaithful to me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.

Jeremiah 6:10

Whom can I speak to? Whom can I give a warning to? Who will listen? Their ears are plugged, and they aren’t able to pay attention. When the Lord speaks his word to them, they show contempt for it and object to it.

Hosea 5:7

They have been unfaithful to the Lord, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon ⌞Festivals⌟ will devour them and their fields.

Hosea 6:7

“Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me.

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners are using up your strength, but you don’t realize it. You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you don’t realize it.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has been unfaithful! A disgusting thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. Judah has dishonored the holy place that the Lord loves and has married a woman who worships a foreign god.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us once lived among these people, and followed the desires of our corrupt nature. We did what our corrupt desires and thoughts wanted us to do. So, because of our nature, we deserved God’s anger just like everyone else.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise  I made to them.

Deuteronomy 31:18

On that day I will certainly turn away from them because of all the evil they’ve done in turning to other gods.