Isaiah 48:12-16

The Lord's Call to Israel

12 "Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called!
I am he; r I am the first,
and I am the last.
 13 My hand s laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand s spread out the heavens;
t when I call to them,
they stand forth together.

14 "Assemble, all of you, and listen!
u Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
v he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against w the Chaldeans.
 15 x I, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
 16 y Draw near to me, hear this:
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
from the time it came to be I have been there."
And now z the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:4
    Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:13
    And have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
    Psalms 102:25
    Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
    Hebrews 1:10
    And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:13
    And have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
    Psalms 102:25
    Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
    Hebrews 1:10
    And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:26
    Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:26
    Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, "He is right"? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:10 - 11
    Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:13
    Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not; Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.
    Isaiah 47:1
    Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:1 - 3
    Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:19
    I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:1
    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
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