King James Version
Isaiah 48:15 in the King James Version says “I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.”
Isaiah 48:15 · KJV
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. my: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I even I have spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“yea I have called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“prosperous”
H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
“him and he shall make his way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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