14 All you, assemble yourselves, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved [a]him, he will do his will in Babel, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I have spoken it, and I have called him, I have brought him, and his way shall prosper.

16 Come near unto me: hear ye this: I have not spoken it in secret from the [b]beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there, and now the Lord God and his Spirit hath [c]sent me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:14 Meaning, Cyrus, whom he had chosen to destroy Babylon.
  2. Isaiah 48:16 Since the time that I declared myself to your fathers.
  3. Isaiah 48:16 Thus the Prophet speaketh for himself, and to assure them of these things.

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