Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 48:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Listen to me, O Ya`akov, and Yisra'el my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am 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 therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
*Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.*
*You are my witnesses,* says the LORD, *With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
Yet listen now, Ya`akov my servant, and Yisra'el, whom I have chosen.
This is what the LORD, the King of Yisra'el, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says: *I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Listen to me, house of Ya`akov, and all the remnant of the house of Yisra'el, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.
Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't you fear the reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults.
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.*
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
saying, *What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.*
*I am the Alef and the Tav, * says the Lord God, *who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.*
These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful.*
*To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: *The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
I am the Alef and the Tav, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.