Isaiah 48:12
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called one; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Leeser Tanakh
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 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, ard there is no god with me: I alone kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and no one can deliver out of my hand.
Proverbs 8:32And now, O children [of men], hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.
Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done it? he who called the generations from the beginning; I the Lord, [who am] the first, and with the latest I am the same.
Isaiah 44:1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah 46:3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne [by me] from their birth, who are carried from the womb;
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that pursue righteousness, that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were dug up.
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 →