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. "
— Isaiah 48:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
“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 the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.
Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.
For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.
Gather together, all of you, and listen. Who among them has announced these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do his will with Babylon, and his arm is upon the Chaldeans.
I am, I have spoken, and I have called him. I have led him forward, and his way has been straight.