Isa 48:16 | HCSB | STEP | Approach Me and listen to this . From the beginning I have not spoken in secret ; from the time anything existed , I was there .” And now the Lord God has sent me and His Spirit .

b Nm 27:18; Ps 51:11; Isa 61:1; 63:7,10; Zch 2:9,11

‏ Isaiah 48:16

16 Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; ^a
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit. ^b