Yea — The same thing is repeated, because this was so illustrious a proof of the infinite power and providence of God. Thine ear — Thou didst not hear, I did not reveal these things unto thee: for so this phrase of opening the ear is understood, 1 Samuel 9:15. I knew — I knew all these cautions were necessary to cure thine infidelity. Called — Justly, thou wast indeed such.
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Isaiah 48:8
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.