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Isaiah 48:16

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“Come near to me and hear this:
“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time that it happened, I was there.”
Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me
with his Spirit.

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Isaiah 48:16 in other translations

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

Isaiah 48:16 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 48:16 in context

  1. 14“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
    Who among them has declared these things?
    He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon,
    and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
  2. 15I, even I, have spoken.
    Yes, I have called him.
    I have brought him
    and he shall make his way prosperous.
  3. 16“Come near to me and hear this:
    “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
    from the time that it happened, I was there.”
    Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me
    with his Spirit.
  4. 17Yahweh,
    your Redeemer,
    the Holy One of Israel says:
    “I am Yahweh your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you by the way that you should go.
  5. 18Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
    Then your peace would have been like a river
    and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.