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.