They are created now and not from the beginning; And before this day you have not heard them, Lest you should say, "Of course I knew them.'
Isaiah 48:7
Surrounding context
48:6 "You have heard; See all this. And will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from this time, Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
48:7 They are created now and not from the beginning; And before this day you have not heard them, Lest you should say, "Of course I knew them.'
48:8 Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.