48:6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence! 1
Will you not admit that what I say is true? 2
From this point on I am announcing to you new events
that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. 3
48:7 Now they come into being, 4 not in the past;
before today you did not hear about them,
so you could not say,
‘Yes, 5 I know about them.’
48:8 You did not hear,
you do not know,
you were not told beforehand. 6
For I know that you are very deceitful; 7
you were labeled 8 a rebel from birth.
48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!
Who among them 9 announced these things?
The Lord’s ally 10 will carry out his desire against Babylon;
he will exert his power against the Babylonians. 11
48:15 I, I have spoken –
yes, I have summoned him;
I lead him and he will succeed. 12
48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!
From the very first I have not spoken in secret;
when it happens, 13 I am there.”
So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. 14
1 tn Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”
2 tn Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”
3 tn Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”
4 tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”
5 tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”
6 tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”
7 tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
8 tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
9 sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).
10 tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”
sn The
11 tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”
12 tn Heb “and his way will be prosperous.”
13 tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”
14 sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.