And now, listen to me, you children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
Isaiah 48:12 - The Scriptures 2009 “Listen to Me, O Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yisra’ĕl, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called [ones]: I am He; I am the First, I also am the Last. [Isa. 41:4.] American Standard Version (1901) Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Common English Bible Listen to me, Jacob; Israel, whom I called: I am the one; I am the first and I am the last. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou, Israel, whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last. |
And now, listen to me, you children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
“And now, listen to me, you children, For blessed are they who guard my ways.
Come near, you nations, to hear. And listen, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world and all its offspring.
Lift up your eyes on high and see. Who has created these? He is bringing out their host by number, He calls them all by name, by the greatness of ability and potent of power, a man is not lacking.
“Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? ‘I, יהוה, am the first, and with the last I am He.’ ”
“You are My witnesses,” declares יהוה, “And My servant whom I have chosen, so that you know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no Ěl formed, nor after Me there is none.
“But now hear, O Ya‛aqoḇ My servant, and Yisra’ĕl whom I have chosen.
“Thus said יהוה, Sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, and his Redeemer, יהוה of hosts, ‘I am the First and I am the Last, besides Me there is no Elohim.
“Listen to Me, O house of Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the remnant of the house of Yisra’ĕl, who are borne from the belly, who are carried from the womb:
even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs I carry! I have made and I bear, and I carry and rescue.
Listen to Me, O coastlands, and hear, you peoples from afar! יהוה has called Me from the womb, from My mother’s belly He has caused My Name to be remembered.
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, seeking יהוה: Look to the rock you were hewn from, and to the hole of the pit you were dug from.
“Listen to Me, My people, and give ear to Me, O My nation, for the Torah goes forth from Me, and My right-ruling I set as a light to peoples.
“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, a people in whose heart is My Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.
“Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, so that your being lives. And let Me make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy loving-commitments of Dawiḏ.
“Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
And we know that all matters work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to his purpose.
but to those who are called – both Yehuḏim and Greeks – Messiah the power of Elohim and the wisdom of Elohim.
See now that I, I am He, And there is no Elohim besides Me. I put to death and I make alive. I have wounded, and I heal. And from My hand no one delivers!
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,
saying, “I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the First and the Last,” and, “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven assemblies of Asia – to Ephesos, and to Smurna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodikeia.”
“I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, Beginning and End,” says יהוה “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
“They shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for He is Master of masters and Sovereign of sovereigns. And those with Him are called, and chosen, and trustworthy.”
“And to the messenger of the assembly in Smurna write, ‘This says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life:
“I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.