Isaiah 48:12
Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I + 48:12 Gr. am.endure for ever.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39Behold, behold that I am he, and there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands.
Proverbs 8:32Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways; + 8:32 appendix has Alexandrine text as: “And blessed are they that keep my ways.”
Isaiah 41:4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, + 41:4 Rev. 1. 17. the first and to all futurity, I AM.
Isaiah 44:1But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 46:3Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne by me from the womb, and taught by me from infancy, even to old age:
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:10-16
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath… Read the whole commentary →