rsv Isaiah:48:12-16
rsv@Isaiah:48:12 @ "Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am He, I am the first, and I am the last.
rsv@Isaiah:48:13 @ My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.
rsv@Isaiah:48:14 @ "Assemble, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chalde'ans.
rsv@Isaiah:48:15 @ I, even I, have spoken and called him, I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
rsv@Isaiah:48:16 @ Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit.