Isaiah 48:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel, shifting from recounting past prophecies to introducing previously concealed events. He speaks at the precise moment of transitioning from fulfilled declarations to new disclosures.

The words — The text foregrounds שָׁמַֽ֤עְתָּ (sha.Ma'.ta), literally "you have heard," and חֲדָשׁוֹת (cha.da.shOt), literally "new things." These terms mark the boundary between acknowledged history and forthcoming revelation.

The thread — This structural move from former events to newly declared matters recurs in Isaiah 42:9. It parallels the apostolic announcement of previously hidden truth in Romans 16:25.

Why it lands — The verse demands verification of past declarations before accepting new ones. It requires the reader to treat acknowledged history as the necessary ground for trusting future divine speech.

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The Hebrew words

שָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽsha.Ma'.tayou have heard חֲזֵה֙cha.Zehlook at כֻּלָּ֔הּku.La/hall of/ it וְאַתֶּ֖םve./'a.Temand/ you הֲל֣וֹאha./Lo'¿/ not תַגִּ֑ידוּta.Gi.duwill you tell הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָhish.ma'.Ti./khaI will proclaim to/ you חֲדָשׁוֹת֙cha.da.shOtnew [things]מֵעַ֔תָּהme./'A.tahfrom/ now וּנְצֻר֖וֹתu./ne.tzu.Rotand/ secret [things]וְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ not יְדַעְתָּֽם׃ye.da'.Ta/myou have known/ them

King James Version

Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

Cross-references

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Romans 16:25 Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:8 Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
Psalms 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Psalms 78:3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.