Isaiah 48:16

"I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 48:16, God asserts His divine authority by declaring that He alone has spoken the word and brought about the fulfillment of His promises through Cyrus. This passage emphasizes God’s sovereign control over history and His faithful keeping of His Word, even as it points forward to the eventual triumph of His chosen one.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Come ye near unto me -(seeIsaiah 48:14). I have not spoken in secret -(See the notes atIsaiah 45:19). The idea here is, that he had foretold the raising up of Cyrus, and his agency in delivering his people, in terms so plain that it could not be pretended that it was conjectured, and so clear that there was no ambiguity. From the time that it was, there am I -From the moment when the purpose was formed, and when it began to be accomplished, I was present. The meaning is, that everything in regard to raising up Cyrus, and to the delivery of his people from Babylon, had been entirely under his direction.

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