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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.”[a]

17 Thus says the Lord, your redeemer,
    the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord, your God,
    teaching you how to prevail,
    leading you on the way you should go.
18 If only you would attend to my commandments,
    your peace would be like a river,
    your vindication like the waves of the sea,

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Footnotes

  1. 48:16 “Now the Lord…spirit”: said by Cyrus; cf. v. 14.

16 “Come near(A) me and listen(B) to this:

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

And now the Sovereign Lord(D) has sent(E) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.(F)

17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(G) the Holy One(H) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches(I) you what is best for you,
    who directs(J) you in the way(K) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(L) to my commands,
    your peace(M) would have been like a river,(N)
    your well-being(O) like the waves of the sea.

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