King James Version
Isaiah 48:12 in the King James Version says “Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
Isaiah 48:12 · KJV
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. with: or, for silver
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.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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. my: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“my called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“I also am the last”
H314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
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