Yesaya 44:6

The Absurdity of Idolatry

44:6 This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,

their protector, ¹  the Lord who commands armies:

“I am the first and I am the last,

there is no God but me.

Yesaya 48:12

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. ² 

[44:6]  ¹ tn Heb “his kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[48:12]  ² tn Heb “I [am] he, I [am the] first, also I [am the] last.”