41:27 I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ 1
I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 2
48:12 Listen to me, O Jacob,
Israel, whom I summoned!
I am the one;
I am present at the very beginning
and at the very end. 3
41:4 Who acts and carries out decrees? 4
Who 5 summons the successive generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,
and at the very end – I am the one. 6
44:6 This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,
their protector, 7 the Lord who commands armies:
“I am the first and I am the last,
there is no God but me.
1 tn The Hebrew text reads simply, “First to Zion, ‘Look here they are!’” The words “I decreed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “I [am] he, I [am the] first, also I [am the] last.”
5 tn Heb “Who acts and accomplishes?”; NASB “Who has performed and accomplished it.”
6 tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
7 tn Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”
7 tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.