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.

¹² Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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:

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;