12“Hear Me, O Jacob, even Israel1whom I called;aI am He, bI am the first, I am also the last.13“Also, My handafounded the earth,And My righthandspreadout the heavens;When I bcall to them, they standtogether.14“aAssemble, all of you, and hear!bWho among them has declaredthesethings?Yahwehloves him; he will ccarryout His goodpleasure on dBabylon,And His armwill be against the Chaldeans.15“I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have acalled him,I have brought him, and He will make his wayssuccessful.
