American Standard Version
"Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. "
— Isaiah 48:12, American Standard Version
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
“"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
“Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.”
“Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.”
“Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.”
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.