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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:16 Literally “head”
  2. Isaiah 48:16 Literally “of becoming it”
  3. Isaiah 48:17 Literally “teaching”
  4. Isaiah 48:18 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 48:19 Literally “intestines”
  6. Isaiah 48:19 Hebrew “grain”

16 Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;(A)
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit.(B)

17 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,(C) the Holy One of Israel(D) says:

I am Yahweh your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention to My commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,(E)
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.(F)
19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,(G)
and the offspring of your body like its grains;
their name would not be cut off
or eliminated from My presence.

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