Isaiah 48:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

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  • Isa 41:4 : 4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
  • Rev 22:13 : 13 I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.
  • Isa 46:3 : 3 Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
  • Isa 49:1 : 1 Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
  • Isa 51:4 : 4 Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
  • Deut 32:39 : 39 See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.
  • Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.
  • Rom 1:6 : 6 Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • Isa 43:11 : 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.

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    5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

    6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

    7 If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

    8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

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    4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

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    15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.

    16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

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    11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

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

    12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.

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    6 So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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    2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

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