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Isaiah 48:16

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Isaiah 48:16

Verse 16 of 22

Scripture focus

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

Isaiah 48:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 48:16

Theological / Devotional

Come ye near unto me. That is, to the Lord. God invites the close attention of the people to what He is about to say.

Not spoken in secret. See vs. 3-7.

Hath sent me. According to the context the speaker appears to be Christ. It was God who sent Jesus on His mission. Jesus had been present with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1-3), but when the Father had a work for Him in this world of sin He left heaven to go on His mission (John 1:14; 3:34; 6:29, 57; 17:3, 4). When Jesus entered the world as the Messiah, God sent the Holy Spirit to rest upon Him (Isa. 11:2; 42:1; 61:1—3; Matt. 3:16; Luke 4:18-21; John 1:32, 33; Acts 10:38). The three members of the Godhead are here referred to (see on Isa. 42:1).

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