Isaiah 48:16-22

161Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have 2not spoken in secret, 3From the time it took place, I was there. And now 4the Lord 5God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

17Thus says the Lord, your 6Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, Who 7leads you in the way you should go.18If only you had 8paid attention to My commandments! Then your 910well-being would have been like a river, And your 11righteousness like the waves of the sea.19Your 1213descendants would have been like the sand, And 14your offspring like its grains; 15Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

2016Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of 17joyful shouting, proclaim this, 18Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “19The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”21They did not 20thirst when He led them through the deserts. He 21made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and 22the water gushed forth.22“23There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.