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”
Isaiah 48:16-19
American Standard Version
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 [a]Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like [b]the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
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- Isaiah 48:18 Or, Oh that thou wouldest hearken . . . then would thy peace be etc.
- Isaiah 48:19 Or, that of the bowels thereof
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