Isaiah 48:12
Jacob and Israel (or Jacob, yea, Israel), whom I call (ed), hear thou me; I myself, I am the first, and I am the last.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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, or understand, ye, that I am God alone, and none other God is except me; I shall slay, and I shall make to live; I shall smite, and I shall make whole; and none is that may deliver from mine hand. (See ye, that is, understand ye, that I am God alone, and there is no other god except me; I shall kill, and I shall make to live; I shall strike down, and I shall make whole; no one can rescue anyone out of my hands.)
Proverbs 8:32Now, therefore, sons, hear ye me; blessed be they that keep my ways. (And so now, sons and daughters, listen ye to me; blessed be those who follow my ways.)
Isaiah 41:4Who wrought and did these things? calling generations at the beginning (or calling the generations from the beginning). (I did, for) I am the Lord; and I am the first, and the last.
Isaiah 44:1And now, Jacob, my servant, hear thou, and Israel, whom I chose. (And now, my servant Jacob, listen thou, yea, Israel, whom I chose.)
Isaiah 46:3The house of Jacob, and all the residue of the house of Israel, hear ye me, which be borne of my womb, which be borne of my womb. (The house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, listen to me, ye who be carried by me from the womb, yea, who be carried by me from the womb, or from thy birth.)
Isaiah 51:1Hear ye me, that follow that that is just, and seek the Lord, (or Listen ye to me, ye who follow what is right, and seek the Lord). Take ye heed to the stone, from whence ye be hewn down, and to the cave of the pit, from which ye be cut down.
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 →