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Read›Isaiah›Chapter 48

Deliverance Promised to Israel

Isaiah 48:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
KJV
¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
WEB
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
ASV
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
LSV
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, || I [am] He, || I [am] first, and I [am] last;
YLT
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
DBY
Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
DRC
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
GNV
Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
JPS
Hearken unto Me, O Jacob, and Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also am the last.
LXXE
Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.Gr. am.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַי֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑י אֲנִי־הוּא֙ אֲנִ֣י רִאשׁ֔וֹן אַ֖ף אֲנִ֥י אַחֲרֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br
Ἄκουέ μου Ἰακὼβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ὃν ἐγὼ καλῶ· ἐγώ εἰμι πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Who and where

👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
  • Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
  • Revelation 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
  • Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  • Revelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
  • Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  • Isaiah 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
  • Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  • 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Revelation 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
  • Isaiah 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
  • Revelation 1:17–18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever!…
  • Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
  • Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  • Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Proverbs 7:24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

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