“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.”
The accusation 'You have never heard of them, you have never known them; long ago your ear was not opened' establishes that Israel's previous deafness—whether historical or individual—has prevented perception of divine purposes. The image of the unopened ear suggests that revelation requires receptiveness as precondition. This verse implies that exile itself functions as ear-opening, creating the silence and desperate attention necessary for hearing new prophecy. Crisis becomes teacher.
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