Isaiah 48:8 - Exposition

Thou heardest not … thou knewest not . Again we seem to hear the voice of complaint, as in Isaiah 48:1 , Isaiah 48:2 , Isaiah 48:4 . Israel had not "ears to hear" to any purpose such highly spiritual truths as those of the coming section. They had not profited by what was taught concerning Christ in the Law and the Psalms. From that time that thine ear was not opened ; rather, from that time thine ear hath not been open. "From that time" means "from of old," or "from the beginning."