Bible verse
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Isaiah 48:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 48.
8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
9 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
14 Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
16 Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
KJV
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
ASV
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
ERV
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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