Isaiah 48:16

Isaiah 48:16

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.”

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.

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.

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.”

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!”

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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In secret - l have openly revealed my mind to you. The beginning - Either from the first time that I began to prophecy until this time: or from the beginning of my taking you to be my people, and of revealing my mind unto you. From the time - From the time that I first spoke of it, I am or was there, to effect what I had foretold. The Lord - God by his Spirit. Me - The prophet Isaiah; who was a type of Christ, and so this may have a respect to him also.

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