and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I am HE.

The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.

Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God.