Isaiah 48:16
Douay-Rheims
Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
Augustine of Hippo
Now it is Jesus Christ who is speaking here as the "Lord God"; yet this would not have been obvious if he had not added the final words, "And now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit." These words were spoken by Christ in his "form" as a "servant." He used a verb in the past tense to indicate a future event.
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Isa 48:16 (City of God 20.30)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.