16. "Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit."
17. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go.
18. "If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.