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He pursues them, passing on without loss,
    by a path his feet scarcely touch.
Who has performed these deeds?
    Who has called forth the generations from the beginning?(A)
I, the Lord, am the first,
    and at the last[a] I am he.
The coastlands see, and fear;
    the ends of the earth tremble:
    they approach, they come on.

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Footnotes

  1. 41:4 The first…the last: God as the beginning and end encompasses all reality. The same designation is used in 44:6 and 48:12.

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

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Who pursued them, and passed [a]safely
By the way that he had not gone with his feet?
(A)Who has performed and done it,
Calling the generations from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord, am (B)the first;
And with the last I am (C)He.’ ”

The coastlands saw it and feared,
The ends of the earth were afraid;
They drew near and came.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:3 Lit. in peace