Isaiah 48:12
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
World English Bible
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 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Isaiah 41:4Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
Isaiah 44:1Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
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 →