7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew of them.'


In Context

4 For I knew how stubborn you were; the sinews of your neck were iron, your forehead was bronze.

5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, 'My idols did them; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.'

6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? "From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.

7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew of them.'

8 You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ear has not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.

9 For my own name's sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to cut you off.

Isaiah 48:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardst them not; lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known them.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.