Isaiah 48:12-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel ^[a]whom I called;
^(A)I am He, ^(B)I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³ “Surely 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 on ^(H)Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵ “I, even 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 first 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 profit,
Who ^(O)leads you in the way you should go.
¹⁸ “If only you had ^(P)paid attention to My commandments!
Then your ^[c](Q)well-being would have been like a river,
And your ^(R)righteousness like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹ “Your ^[d](S)descendants would have been like the sand,
And ^[e]your offspring like its grains;
^(T)Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”