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.”
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.”
17 Thus says athe Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
bWho leads you by the way you should go.
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
bWho leads you by the way you should go.
18 aOh, that you had heeded My commandments!
bThen your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
bThen your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 aYour descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
20 aGo forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has bredeemed
His servant Jacob!”
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has bredeemed
His servant Jacob!”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 48:17.
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