Isaiah 48:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַי֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑י אֲנִי־הוּא֙ אֲנִ֣י רִאשׁ֔וֹן אַ֖ף אֲנִ֥י אַחֲרֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

Shemaʿ to me yaʿăqōb and yiśrāʾēl meqōrāʾî ʾănî-hûʾ ʾănî rīʾshôn also ʾănî ʾaḥărôn

Grammar Details

• *Shemaʿ*: qal imperative masculine singular - listen/hear
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *meqōrāʾî*: pual participle masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my called one
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
• *rīʾshôn*: adjective masculine singular - first
• *ʾaḥărôn*: adjective masculine singular - last

Word Meanings

• *Shemaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
• *meqōrāʾî*: my called one/whom I called/my summoned one
• *ʾănî-hûʾ*: I am he/I am the one/I, even I
• *rīʾshôn*: first/primary/foremost
• *ʾaḥărôn*: last/final/ultimate

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Rev 22:13 : 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
• Isa 51:4 : 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• Prov 7:24 : 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
• Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
• Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 {G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
• Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
• Rom 1:6 : 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Isa 43:11 : 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.