Isaiah 48:13-19
The Message
12-13 “Listen, Jacob. Listen, Israel—
I’m the One who named you!
I’m the One.
I got things started and, yes, I’ll wrap them up.
Earth is my work, handmade.
And the skies—I made them, too, horizon to horizon.
When I speak, they’re on their feet, at attention.
14-16 “Come everybody, gather around, listen:
Who among the gods has delivered the news?
I, God, love this man Cyrus, and I’m using him
to do what I want with Babylon.
I, yes I, have spoken. I’ve called him.
I’ve brought him here. He’ll be successful.
Come close, listen carefully:
I’ve never kept secrets from you.
I’ve always been present with you.”
Your Progeny, Like Grains of Sand
16-19 And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit
with this Message from God
your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel:
“I am God, your God,
who teaches you how to live right and well.
I show you what to do, where to go.
If you had listened all along to what I told you,
your life would have flowed full like a river,
blessings rolling in like waves from the sea.
Children and grandchildren are like sand,
your progeny like grains of sand.
There would be no end of them,
no danger of losing touch with me.”
Isaiah 48:13-19
New International Version
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(A)
and my right hand spread out the heavens;(B)
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.(C)
14 “Come together,(D) all of you, and listen:
Which of the idols has foretold(E) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(F)
will carry out his purpose(G) against Babylon;(H)
his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called(I) him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed(J) in his mission.
16 “Come near(K) me and listen(L) to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(M)
at the time it happens, I am there.”
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(Q) the Holy One(R) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches(S) you what is best for you,
who directs(T) you in the way(U) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(V) to my commands,
your peace(W) would have been like a river,(X)
your well-being(Y) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(Z) would have been like the sand,(AA)
your children like its numberless grains;(AB)
their name would never be blotted out(AC)
nor destroyed from before me.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20
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