Text -- Isaiah 48:16 (NET)

48:16 Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 48:16

¹ tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”

² sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.