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Isaiah 48:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Hearken unto me, O Jacob, And Israel, my called one,—I, am, the Same, I, the first, yea, I, the last:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Hearken vnto me, O Iacob, and Israel my called; I [am] hee, I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, whom I called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Hearken unto me, O Yaaqov and Yisrael, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Hearken 8085
{8085} Prime
שָׁמַע
shama`
{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
unto x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
me, O Ya`áköv יַעֲקֹב 3290
{3290} Prime
יַעֲקֹב
Ya`aqob
{yah-ak-obe'}
From H6117; heel catcher (that is, supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.
and Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל, 3478
{3478} Prime
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisra'el
{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
my called; 7121
{7121} Prime
קָרָא
qara'
{kaw-raw'}
A primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (that is, properly address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications).
z8794
<8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 194
I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[am] he; x1931
(1931) Complement
הוּא
huw'
{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[am] the first, 7223
{7223} Prime
רִאשׁוֹן
ri'shown
{ree-shone'}
From H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun).
I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
also x637
(0637) Complement
אַף
'aph
{af}
A primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjugation); also or yea; adversatively though.
[am] the last. 314
{0314} Prime
אַחֲרוֹן
'acharown
{akh-ar-one'}
From H0309; hinder; generally late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Isaiah 48:12-15

_ _ The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will, restore His people.

_ _ the first ... last — (Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Isaiah 48:9-15.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 48:12

O Israel — Whom I have called out of the world to be my peculiar people.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Isaiah 48:12

Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; (p) I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.

(p) Read (Isaiah 41:4).

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Hearken:

Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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:
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Proverbs 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

O Jacob:
Three manuscripts and two old editions add avdi "my servant."

my called:

Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Romans 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Romans 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.
1 Corinthians 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Peter 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:
Revelation 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.

I am he:

Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Deuteronomy 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.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 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, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 1:17-18 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: ... I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 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;
Revelation 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 32:39. Pv 7:24; 8:32. Is 34:1; 41:4; 44:6; 46:3; 49:1; 51:1, 4, 7; 55:3. Mt 20:16. Ro 1:6; 8:28. 1Co 1:24. 1P 2:9. Rv 1:8, 11, 17; 2:8; 17:14; 22:13.

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