Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
Surely there was no one who declared,
Surely there was no one who proclaimed,
Surely there was no one who heard your words.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens by the span,
And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?

Calling

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;
Yes, let him recount it to Me in order,

From the time that I established the ancient nation.

And let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

“I declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.

Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.

Ask your father, and he will inform you,

Your elders, and they will tell you.

Says the Lord, who

makes these things known from long ago.

and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

I the lord

“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God formed,

And there will be none after Me.

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.

“Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;

I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

The first and the last, who

was dead, and has come to life, says this:

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

With the

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from birth
And have been carried from the womb;

“Behold, the virgin shall be with

child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name

Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

General references

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”