Isaiah 48:12
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, || I [am] He, || I [am] first, and I [am] last;
Literal Standard Version
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 [am] He, || And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand,
Proverbs 8:32And now, you sons, listen to me, || Indeed, blessed are they who keep my ways.
Isaiah 41:4Who has worked and done, || Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the last I [am] He.
Isaiah 44:1“And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, || And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, || And all the remnant of Israel, || Who are borne from the belly, || Who are carried from the womb,
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you pursuing righteousness, || Seeking YHWH, || Look attentively to the rock—you have been hewn, || And to the hole of the pit—you have been 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 →