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Isaiah 48:12

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

KJV

Audi me, Jacob, et Israël, quem ego voco : ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.

Vulgate

Ἄκουέ μου, Ἰακώβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ὃν ἐγὼ καλῶ· ἐγώ εἰμι πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,

LXX

Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

ASV

שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַ/י֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑/י אֲנִי הוּא֙ אֲנִ֣י רִאשׁ֔וֹן אַ֖ף אֲנִ֥י אַחֲרֽוֹן

Hebrew

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People JacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַחֲרֹנָֽה
'chrnh
adjective · 50×
אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 22:13 · allusion
    "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
    Isaiah: I am the first and the last — Christ's self-identification

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 30.—That in the Books of the Old Testament, Where It is Said that God Shall Judge the World, the Person of Christ is Not Explicitly Indicated, But It Plainly Appears from Some Passages in Which the Lord God Speaks that Christ is Meant. There are many other passages of Scripture bearing on the last judgment of God,—so many, indeed, that to cite them all would swell this …
The things said concerning Christ fall into four generic modes. For some fit Him even before the incarnation, others in the union, others after the union, and others after the resurrection. Also of those that refer to the period before the incarnation there are six modes: for some of them declare the union of nature and the identity in essence with the Father, as this, I and My…
The Lord our God is but one only living and true God, whose subsistence is in and of Himself, infinite in being and perfection. In this divine and infinite Being there are three persons, the Father, the Word or Son, and the Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided.
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, is the first and the last.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:24 — But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  • 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • Amos 3:1 — Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
  • Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Isa 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
  • Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
  • Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
  • Isa 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
  • Isa 43:11 — I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
  • Isa 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
  • Isa 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
  • Isa 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
  • Isa 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
  • Isa 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
  • Isa 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
  • Isa 51:4 — Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
  • Isa 51:7 — Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
  • Isa 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • John 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
  • Matt 20:16 — So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
  • Prov 7:24 — Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32 — Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
  • Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
  • Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
  • Rev 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, an
  • Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
  • Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
  • Rev 2:8 — And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
  • Rev 17:14 — These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
  • Rev 22:13 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
  • Rev 22:13 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
  • Rom 1:6 — Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.