Isaiah 48:14

God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel

12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, ^aI am the ^bFirst,
I am also the Last.

13 Indeed ^aMy hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When ^bI call to them,
They stand up together.

14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
^aThe Lord loves him;
^bHe shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, ^aI have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.

16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
^aI have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now ^bthe Lord God and His Spirit
¹Have sent Me.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 48:14

Which among them hath declared these things "Who among you hath predicted these things" - For bahem , "among them," twenty-one MSS., nine ancient, and two editions, one of them that of the year 1488, fourteen of De Rossi' s, and one ancient of my own, have bachem , "among you;" and so the Syriac.

The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon "He, whom Jehovah hath loved, will execute his will on Babylon" - That is, Cyrus; so Symmachus has well rendered it: ̔ ̔ , "He whom the Lord hath loved will perform his will."

On the Chaldeans - The preposition is lost; it is supplied in the edition of 1486, which has bechasdim , and so the Chaldee and Vulgate.

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