KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 48:12 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Hearken” | שְׁמַ֤ע | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | Hearken |
| “unto” | אֵלַי֙ | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “me, O Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | O Jacob |
| “and Israel,” | וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “my called;” | מְקֹרָאִ֑י | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | called |
| “I” | אֲנִי | I | I |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “he;” | הוּא֙ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | he |
| “I” | אֲנִ֣י | I | I |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the first,” | רִאשׁ֔וֹן | First, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) | first |
| “I” | אֲנִ֥י | I | I |
| “also” | אַ֖ף | Meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though | also |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the last.” | אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ | Hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western | last |
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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
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