Now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words from my mouth.
Isaiah 48:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words from my mouth.
You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that comes from it.
Look up and see! Who created these? He brings out the stars by number; he calls all of them by name. Because of his great power and strength, not one of them is missing.
Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I am the Lord, the first and with the last #– #I am he.’
‘You are my witnesses’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.
This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
‘Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
I will be the same until your old age, and I will bear you up when you turn grey. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will bear and rescue you.
Coasts and islands, listen to me; distant peoples, pay attention. The Lord called me before I was born. He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my nation; for instruction will come from me, and my justice for a light to the nations. I will bring it about quickly.
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my instruction: do not fear disgrace by men, and do not be shattered by their taunts.
Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David. ,
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,
See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.
But you are a chosen race, ,, a royal priesthood, , a holy nation, , a people for his possession, , so that you may proclaim the praises ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
saying, ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.’
‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.