Isaiah 48:16
Come near to Me and listen to this:
What it says
Israel is invited near to hear that God has spoken openly from the beginning, and now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.
What it is doing
This verse deepens the authority of the speaker and presses the hearer into attentive response.
In context
12Listen to Me, O Jacob, 13Surely My own hand founded the earth, 14Come together, all of you, and listen: 15I, even I, have spoken; 16Come near to Me and listen to this: 17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, 18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, 19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, 20Leave Babylon! 21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; 22“There is no peace,” says the LORD,