Isaiah 48 · Verse 12

Isaiah 48:12

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah 48:12, King James Version

Isaiah 48:12 in other translations

BSBListen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
WEB“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
ASVHearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
YLTHearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I am He, I am first, and I am last;
DARBYHearken unto me, Jacob, and thou Israel, my called. I am HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
BBEGive ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
WebsterHearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

What does Isaiah 48:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:12-15
12-15. The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will, restore His people. the first ... last--(Is 41:4; 44:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 O 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 אף אני aph ani, "even I," two ancient MSS. and the ancient Versions, read ואני veani, "and I;" more properly.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 48:9-15

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…

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Isaiah 48:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁמַ֤עshe.Ma'listenH8085
אֵלַי֙'e.Laito meH413
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoO JacobH3290
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478
מְקֹרָאִ֑יme.ko.ra.'Icalled [one] myH7121
אֲנִי\־'a.ni-IH589
הוּא֙hu'[am] heH1931
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
רִאשׁ֔וֹןri.Shon[am] firstH7223
אַ֖ף'afalsoH637
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
אַחֲרֽוֹן\׃'a.cha.Ron[am] lastH314

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 48:12

  • 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.

  • 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 22:13

    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 43:11

    I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

  • 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 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;

  • 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:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hearken.
34:1; 46:3; 49:1; 51:1,4,7; 55:3; Pr 7:24; 8:32
O Jacob.Three MSS. and two old editions add {avdi,} "my servant."
my called.
Mt 20:16; Ro 1:6; 8:28; 1Co 1:24; 1Pe 2:9; Re 17:14
I am he.
41:4; 44:6; De 32:39; Re 1:8,11,17,18; 2:8; 22:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 48:11

    For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

  • Isaiah 48:12

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

  • Isaiah 48:13

    Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

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Isaiah 48:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oyeme, Jacob, y tú, Israel, llamado de mí: Yo mismo, yo el primero, yo también el postrero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Écoute-moi, Jacob, et toi, Israël, que j’ai appelé. Moi, je suis le Même, – moi, le premier, et moi, le dernier.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Höre auf mich, Jakob, und Israel, mein Berufener! Ich bin, der da ist, ich der Erste, ich auch der Letzte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Audi me, Jacob, et Israël, quem ego voco: ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.