Isaiah 48:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

Draw near to me, and listen to this. From the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time before it happened, I was there. And now, the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:1

O nations and peoples: draw near, and listen, and pay attention! Let the earth and its fullness hear, the entire world and all its offspring.

Isaiah 41:1

Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.

Isaiah 43:13

And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, "Seek me in vain." I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.

Isaiah 57:3

But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

John 18:20

Jesus responded to him: "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews meet. And I have said nothing in secret.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.