Isaiah 48:16-18 Draw ye near unto me––hear ye this, Not in advance, in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I,––And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me, and his spirit.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Draw ye near unto me––hear ye this, Not in advance, in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I,––And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me, and his spirit. ¹⁷ Thus saith Yahweh––Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel,––I––Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go. ¹⁸ Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments,––Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea: