Isaiah 48:12-17

New American Standard Bible

¹² “Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel ^[a]whom I called;
^(A)I am He, ^(B)I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³ Assuredly My hand ^(C)founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I ^(D)call to them, they stand together.
^14 (E)Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^(F)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him; he will ^(G)carry out His good pleasure against ^(H)Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵ I, yes I, have spoken; indeed I have ^(I)called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
^16 (J)Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the beginning I have ^(K)not spoken in secret,
^(L)From the time it took place, I was there.
And now ^(M)the Lord ^[b]God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to benefit,
Who ^(O)leads you in the way you should go.