American Standard Version
"They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. "
— Isaiah 48:7, American Standard Version
“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.”
“They 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.'”
“Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’”
“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.”
“They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of 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.”
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed 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 it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst 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.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.