The Meaning of Isaiah 48:15 Explained

Isaiah 48:15

KJV: I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

YLT: I -- I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.

Darby: I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.

ASV: I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I, [even] I, have spoken;  yea, I have called  him: I have brought  him, and he shall make his way  prosperous. 

What does Isaiah 48:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

What God had decided and declared would stand. Cyrus would prosper in his assignment because God had called him to do it. As surely as God had called the host of heaven ( Isaiah 48:13), Israel ( Isaiah 48:12), and Assyria (cf. Isaiah 10:6), He had called Cyrus.

Context Summary

Isaiah 48:1-16 - The Obstinate And Insincere Rebuked
We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we trust in idols and refuse to open our ear. It is necessary, therefore, to send us to Babylon, where, as in a furnace for silver, the dross and alloy are purged away. Many of us are in furnaces which have been rendered needful through our evil ways.
Notwithstanding our sins, God comes to the furnace mouth and chooses us there. For His own sake, His own sake, He does it that His name may not be polluted. He cannot give His glory to another. You cannot account for God's grace to you personally. He must have known all, from the first. Then dare to believe that the reason that prompted Him at the first will suffice to the end. He is not "the son of man that He should repent." He who was the first will be the last. Jesus is Omega as well as Alpha; the end as well as the beginning! Fear not! Revelation 1:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 48

1  God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies
9  He saves them for his own sake
12  He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence
16  He laments their backwardness
20  He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon

What do the individual words in Isaiah 48:15 mean?

I [even] I have spoken Yes I have called him I have brought him and will prosper his way
אֲנִ֥י אֲנִ֛י דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי אַף־ קְרָאתִ֑יו הֲבִיאֹתִ֖יו וְהִצְלִ֥יחַ דַּרְכּֽוֹ

אֲנִ֛י  [even]  I 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי  have  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אַף־  Yes 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
קְרָאתִ֑יו  I  have  called  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
הֲבִיאֹתִ֖יו  I  have  brought  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וְהִצְלִ֥יחַ  and  will  prosper 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָלַח 
Sense: (Qal) to rush.
דַּרְכּֽוֹ  his  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.

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