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 The phrase "that it might be fulfilled" can be translated as the beginning of a new sentence. If so, the previous verse should end with a period. Alternate translation: "This was to fulfill what"
 
-# what had been said through Isaiah the prophet, saying
+# what had been said through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "what God had said long ago through the prophet Isaiah"
+This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "what God had said long ago through the prophet Isaiah:"