Isaiah 48:12

“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· me, O Jacob [Supplanter], 2 and Israel [God prevails] my called: 1 I am he; 2 + 48:12 b MP: Messiah holds the title of alef tav (Hebrew), alpha omega (Greek), 'urim thumin (each word starting with the Hebrew letters alef then tav), The first and the last. (Rev 1:8, 22:13) I am the first א (Aleph) Α (Alpha), 2 I am also the last ת (Tav) Ω (Omega). + 48:12. Quoted in Rev 1:17 1

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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

In Context

11For my own sake, 2 for my own sake, I will do it; 1 for how would my name be profaned? 2 I will not give my kavod ·weighty glory· to another. 1

13Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, 2 and my right hand has spread out the heavens. 2 When I call to them, they stand up together. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I myself am he. 2 There is no elohim ·deity· with me. 1 I kill and I make alive. 2 I wound and I heal. 2 There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. 1 (6)

Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· unto me, 2 for blessed are those who keep my ways. 1

Isaiah 41:4Who has worked and done it, 2 calling the generations from the beginning? 2 I, Adonai, am the first א (Aleph), and I am the same with those are the last ת (Tav), I am + 41:4. Quoted in Rev 1:8, 1:17, 21:6, 22:13 he.” 1

Isaiah 44:1Yet sh'ma ·hear obey· now, Jacob [Supplanter] my servant, 2 and Israel [God prevails], whom I have chosen. 1

Isaiah 46:3“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· me, house of Jacob [Supplanter], 2 and all the remnant of the house of Israel [God prevails], 1 that have been carried from their birth, 2 that have been carried from the rachamim ·wombs / bowels of compassions·. 1

Isaiah 51:1“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· to me, you who follow after righteousness, 2 you who seek Adonai: 1 look to the rock you were cut from, 2 and to the quarry you were dug from. 1

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 →

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