“Come near to me and hear this:“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;from the time that it happened, I was there.”Now the Lord Yahweh has sent mewith his Spirit.”
Isaiah 48:16 (WEB)
Context Reading
14“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!Who among them has declared these things?He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon,and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. 15I, even I, have spoken.Yes, I have called him.I have brought himand he shall make his way prosperous. 16“Come near to me and hear this:“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;from the time that it happened, I was there.”Now the Lord Yahweh has sent mewith his Spirit. 17Yahweh,your Redeemer,the Holy One of Israel, says:“I am Yahweh your God,who teaches you to profit,who leads you by the way that you should go. 18Oh that you had listened to my commandments!Then your peace would have been like a riverand your righteousness like the waves of the sea.