Ibn Ezra, on Isa 48:8

“Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.”

“Yea, thou knowest not, etc., I knew, etc. That is, I know it for certain, that thou hast not heard of it, or I knew it, that thou wouldst not listen, that thou wouldst be treacherous against me, and not believe in my words. From the womb. I knew thee since thou camest to existence. In the opposite sense this expression is used in Jer. 1:5: Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee. And thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. This refers to the decrees of the Almighty. I shall fully explain this subject in my commentary on the book of Jeremiah. פתחה Hath opened itself; it is an elliptical expression.”

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