Yesaya 48:16

48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!

From the very first I have not spoken in secret;

when it happens, ¹  I am there.”

So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. ² 

Yesaya 58:11

58:11 The Lord will continually lead you;

he will feed you even in parched regions. ³ 

He will give you renewed strength, ⁴ 

and you will be like a well-watered garden,

like a spring that continually produces water.

[48:16]  ¹ tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”

[48:16]  ² sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.

[58:11]  ³ tn Heb “he will satisfy in parched regions your appetite.”

[58:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your bones he will strengthen.”