Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 48:7

7. They are created now , and not from the beginning , even before the day when thou heardest them not ; lest thou shouldest say, Behold I kn[illegible: 1+ letters]w them .

i. e. Revealed unto thee by me; brought to light, as things are by Creation. Things are frequently said to be made or done in Scripture, when they are declared or manifested, Iob. 5. 3. I cursed, i. e. I pronounced it cursed, Psal. 51. 4. That thou mightest be justified, i. e. declared and acknowledged to be just Hos. 5. 15. Till they acknowledge their offence; which in the Hebrew is, till they be guilty.

Heb. Not from thence, not from these antient times when other things were revealed unto thee.

Heb. and (or, or, as this particle is frequently used:) before this day, Such pronouns are oft understood, as we have seen: and this day answers to none in the first clause: and this clause seems to be added as an exposition of the next foregoing clause which is more general and ambiguous, not from then or before this day.

Heb. and thou didst not hear them, to wit, before this time in which God hath revealed them to thee by my Ministry.

Either by thine own sagacity: or by the help of thine Idols. The sence is, That it might appear, that thou hadst the knowledge of these things onely from me, who made known unto thee onely what, and when I pleased.