Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 48:12
12Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last.
Isaiah 48:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
- New International Version (NIV)“Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
Context of Isaiah 48:12
10Behold, I have refined you, though not as silver. I tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11For My own sake, for My own sake, I act. For how should I be profaned? I will not give My glory to another. Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last. 13Surely My hand founded the earth, My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together. 14Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them foretold these things? Adonai loves him. He will do His will against Babylon— His arm against the Chaldeans.
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:12 word by word
שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַי֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑י אֲנִי־הוּא֙ אֲנִ֣י רִאשׁ֔וֹן אַ֖ף אֲנִ֥י אַחֲרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 48:12
- Isaiah 34:1Draw near, O nations, to hear, and listen, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all it contains, the world, and all its offspring!
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, borne by Me from birth, carried from the womb.
- Isaiah 49:1Listen, to Me, islands! Pay attention, peoples far away. Adonai called Me from the womb, from My mother’s belly He named Me.
- Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, you who seek Adonai. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy loyalty to David.
- Proverbs 7:24Now then, sons, listen to me, pay attention to the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 8:32“So now, children, listen to me! Blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Matthew 20:16“So the last will be first, and the first last.”
- Romans 1:6And you also are called to Yeshua the Messiah.
- Romans 8:28Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called (both Jewish and Greek people), Messiah, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Revelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them—because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with Him are called and chosen and faithful.”
- Isaiah 41:4Who has performed and done it? Calling forth the generations from the beginning, I, Adonai, am the first and the last, I am He!”
- Isaiah 44:6Thus says Adonai, Israel’s King and his Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am the first, and the last, and there is no God beside Me.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He! There are no other gods beside Me. I bring death and give life, I have wounded but I will heal, and none can rescue from My hand.’
Commentaries on Isaiah 48:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12O Jacob "O Jacob, my servant" - After יעקב yaakob, a MS. of Kennicott's, two of De Rossi's, and the two old editions of 1486 and 1488, add the word עבדי abdi, "my servant," which is lost out of the present text; and there is a rasure in its place in another ancient MS. The Jerusalem Talmud has the same word. I also am the last "I am the last" - For אני אף aph ani, "even I," two ancient MSS. and the ancient Versions, read ואני veani, "and I;" more properly.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Hearken unto me - This is a solemn call on the Jews in Babylon to attend to what he was now about to say. It is the commencement of a new part of the argument, containing the assurance that he would deliver them, and utterly destroy the Chaldeans. He begins, therefore, by asserting that he is the only true God, and that he is able to accomplish all his purposes. My called - The people whom I have chosen, or called. I am he - I am the same; or I am the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-22This final trial speech reviews the arguments of Isaiah 40–48 and presents the final conclusion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will, restore His people. the first ... last--(Is 41:4; 44:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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