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14 “Assemble and listen, all of you!
None of the gods could predict
    that the man I have chosen would attack Babylon;
    he will do what I want him to do.
15 I am the one who spoke and called him;
    I led him out and gave him success.

16 “Now come close to me and hear what I say.
    From the beginning I have spoken openly
    and have always made my words come true.”

(Now the Sovereign Lord has given me his power and sent me.)

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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