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Isaiah 48:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Israel, my chosen people, listen to me. I alone am the LORD, the first and the last.

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My son, pay close attention to what I have said.

Pay attention, my children! Follow my advice, and you will be happy.

Everyone of every nation, the entire earth, and all its creatures, come here and listen!

Look at the evening sky! Who created the stars? Who gave them each a name? Who leads them like an army? The LORD is so powerful that none of the stars are ever missing.

Who makes these things happen? Who controls human events? I do! I am the LORD. I was there at the beginning; I will be there at the end.

My people, you are my witnesses and my chosen servant. I want you to know me, to trust me, and understand that I alone am God. I have always been God; there can be no others.

I alone am the LORD; only I can rescue you.

People of Israel, I have chosen you as my servant.

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the first and the last, the one and only God. Israel, I have rescued you! I am your King.

You survivors in Israel, listen to me, the LORD. Since the day you were born, I have carried you along.

I will still be the same when you are old and grey, and I will take care of you. I created you. I will carry you and always keep you safe.

Everyone, listen, even you foreign nations across the sea. The LORD chose me and gave me a name before I was born.

If you want to do right and obey the LORD, follow Abraham's example. He was the rock from which you were chipped.

The LORD says: You are my people and nation! So pay attention to me. My teaching will cause justice to shine like a light for every nation.

If you want to do right and to obey my teaching with all your heart, then pay close attention. Don't be discouraged when others insult you and say hurtful things.

Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David.

Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now first will be last, and everyone who is last will be first.”

You are some of those people chosen by Jesus Christ.

We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,

Our message is God's power and wisdom for the Jews and the Greeks that he has chosen.

Don't you understand? I am the only God; there are no others. I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering. But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!

But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things that he has done. The Scriptures say,

The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”

These kings will go to war against the Lamb. But he will defeat them, because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings. His followers are chosen and special and faithful.

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: I am the first and the last. I died, but now I am alive! Listen to what I say.

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.




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