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
International Standard Version
16 Draw near to me, and[a] listen to this:
‘From the beginning I haven’t spoken in secret;
at[b] the time it happened, I was there.’
And now the Lord God, and his Spirit, has sent me.[c]
17 “This is what the Lord says,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who directs you[d] in the path by which[e] you should go.
18 Now[f] if only you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your success like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would’ve been like the sand,
and your offspring[g] like its numberless grains.
Their name wouldn’t have been cut off
or annihilated out of my reach.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads from
- Isaiah 48:16 Or has sent me and his Spirit.
- Isaiah 48:17 1QIsaa misspells this word
- Isaiah 48:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab 4QIsac 4QIsad MT lack which
- Isaiah 48:18 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsac LXX; MT lacks Now
- Isaiah 48:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read the offspring of your loins
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