Isaiah 48:8-10

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⁸And^[a] neither had you heard, nor did you understand,
    nor did you open^[b] your ear long ago.^[c]
Indeed, I knew that^[d] you would act very deceitfully,
    and they would call^[e] you a rebel from birth.
⁹I defer my anger for my name’s sake,
    and as my first act^[f] I’m restraining it for you,
        so as not to cut you off.
¹⁰Look, I have refined you, but not like silver;
    I have purified^[g] you in the furnace of affliction.

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Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^b MT LXX lack And
Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsa^a Targ; MT reads did your ear open itself; CaiGen Syr Vulg read was your ear uncovered
Isaiah 48:8 Lit. ear from of old
Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT lacks that
Isaiah 48:8 So 1QIsa^a; LXX Targ read and you would be called; 4QIsa^d MT read deceitfully, calling
Isaiah 48:9 Lit. and for my commencement; or and for my profanation; so 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^d MT read for my praise; LXX reads for my glorious deeds
Isaiah 48:10 So 1QIsa^a; MT LXX read chosen

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Isaiah 48:8-10

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