Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 48:6-8

"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." — Isaiah 48:6-8 (ASV)

What a description! Treacherous, false, indeed, very treacherous, beyond the usual degree of treachery; transgressors from our very birth, accustomed to sin. The very heart is wrong, and all that comes out of us is, therefore, wrong. And now, what follows?