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14 All of you assemble and listen:
    Who among you declared these things?
The one the Lord loves[a] shall do his will
    against Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea.
15 I myself have spoken, I have summoned him,
    I have brought him, and his way succeeds!
16 Come near to me and hear this!
    From the beginning I did not speak in secret;
At the time it happens, I am there:
    “Now the Lord God has sent me, and his spirit.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 48:14 The one the Lord loves: the reference is no doubt to Cyrus, who does the Lord’s will by overcoming Babylon and releasing Israel from captivity.
  2. 48:16 “Now the Lord…spirit”: said by Cyrus; cf. v. 14.

14 “Come together,(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(C)
    will carry out his purpose(D) against Babylon;(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
    yes, I have called(F) him.
I will bring him,
    and he will succeed(G) in his mission.

16 “Come near(H) me and listen(I) to this:

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(J)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord(K) has sent(L) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20