Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. ¹  I did not tell Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain!’ ²  I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements. ³ 

Nu 23:19,20; De 29:29; De 30:11-14; De 32:4; 1Ch 28:8; 2Ch 15:2; Ezr 8:22; Ps 9:10; Ps 12:6; Ps 19:7-10; Ps 24:6; Ps 69:13,32; Ps 111:7,8; Ps 119:137,138; Pr 1:21; Pr 8:1-4; Pr 8:6; Pr 15:8; Pr 30:5; Isa 1:15; Isa 8:19; Isa 43:9,10; Isa 48:16; Isa 55:6,7; Isa 58:1-3; Isa 63:1; Jer 29:13; Am 5:4; Mal 3:13,14; Mt 15:8,9; Joh 7:26,28; Joh 7:37-39; Joh 18:20; Ac 2:4-8; Jas 4:3

¹ tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”

² tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”

³ tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”