Isaiah 48:16-19
New International Version
16 “Come near(A) me and listen(B) to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(C)
at the time it happens, I am there.”
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(G) the Holy One(H) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches(I) you what is best for you,
who directs(J) you in the way(K) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(L) to my commands,
your peace(M) would have been like a river,(N)
your well-being(O) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(P) would have been like the sand,(Q)
your children like its numberless grains;(R)
their name would never be blotted out(S)
nor destroyed from before me.”
Isaiah 48:16-19
Lexham English Bible
16 Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from the beginning;[a]
from the time it came to be,[b] there I have been;
And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit.”
17 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel:
“I am Yahweh your God, who teaches[c] you to profit,
leads you in the way you should go.
18 O that you had listened attentively to my commandments!
Then[d] your prosperity would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 And your offspring would have been like the sand,
and the descendants of your body[e] like its grains.[f]
It would not be cut off,
and its name would not be destroyed from my presence.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:16 Literally “head”
- Isaiah 48:16 Literally “of becoming it”
- Isaiah 48:17 Literally “teaching”
- Isaiah 48:18 Or “and”
- Isaiah 48:19 Literally “intestines”
- Isaiah 48:19 Hebrew “grain”
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