The word “I am the first. I am also the last,” and the words “the Lord GOD has sent me”
나는 처음이요 또 마지막이라 하는 말씀과 주 여호와께서 보내셨다 하는 말
Isaiah 48:12–16: the text says, “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last. Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together. Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous. Come near to me and hear this: ‘From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.’” The verse goes on, “Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit,” in the first person of a speaker no verse names. Neither edition names the one the LORD loves of 48:14 or the “him” of 48:15. WEB opens a quotation at “From the beginning” and closes one after “I was there”. The Korean Revised Version closes the words at “I was there” with 하셨느니라 and gives 이제는 주 여호와께서 나와 그 신을 보내셨느니라 after them; at 48:14 it reads 나 여호와의 사랑하는 자가 나의 뜻을 바벨론에 행하리니, in the LORD’s first person (나 여호와), where WEB reads “He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon”, and asks 그들 중에 누가 이 일을 예언하였느뇨 at the end of the verse; at 48:16 it reads 나와 그 신을 보내셨느니라, with 와, “and”, where WEB reads “has sent me with his Spirit”.
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- ISA 48:12–16, engwebp
12“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
13Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
14“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
16“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The word “I am the first. I am also the last,” and the words “the Lord GOD has sent me” (event-isa-48-i-am-the-first-and-the-last) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/isa-48-i-am-the-first-and-the-last Current wording: Isaiah 48:12–16: the text says, “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last. Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together. Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous. Come near to me and hear this: ‘From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.’” The verse goes on, “Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit,” in the first person of a speaker no verse names. Neither edition names the one the LORD loves of 48:14 or the “him” of 48:15. WEB opens a quotation at “From the beginning” and closes one after “I was there”. The Korean Revised Version closes the words at “I was there” with 하셨느니라 and gives 이제는 주 여호와께서 나와 그 신을 보내셨느니라 after them; at 48:14 it reads 나 여호와의 사랑하는 자가 나의 뜻을 바벨론에 행하리니, in the LORD’s first person (나 여호와), where WEB reads “He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon”, and asks 그들 중에 누가 이 일을 예언하였느뇨 at the end of the verse; at 48:16 it reads 나와 그 신을 보내셨느니라, with 와, “and”, where WEB reads “has sent me with his Spirit”. Cited evidence: ISA 48:12–16, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.