Isaiah 48:12–17

12  Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;

wI am he; xI am the first, I also am the last.

13  yMine 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.

14  All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear;

zWhich among them hath declared these things?

aThe Lord hath loved him:

bHe will do his pleasure on Babylon,

And ahis arm shall be on cthe Chaldeans.

15  I, even I, have spoken; yea, dI have called him:

I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16  Come ye near unto me, hear ye this;

eI have not spoken in secret from the beginning;

From the time that it was, there am I:

And now fthe Lord God, and fhis Spirit, hath sent me.

17  ghThus saith the Lord, hthy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit,

Which leadeth thee iby the way that thou shouldest go.