Isaiah 48:17 · KJV
“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.”
— Isaiah 48:17
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.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 48 — Context
I, {even} I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16Come 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.
17Thus 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.
18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Cross References
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
Psalms 25:12
What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.
Job 22:21-22
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of {mine} hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Isaiah 30:20
And {though} the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: {affliction: or, oppression}
Psalms 73:24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.
Isaiah 54:13
And all thy children {shall be} taught of the LORD; and great {shall be} the peace of thy children.
Job 36:22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?