48:12 Listen to me, O Jacob,
Israel, whom I summoned!
I am the one;
I am present at the very beginning
and at the very end. 1
48:13 Yes, my hand founded the earth;
my right hand spread out the sky.
I summon them;
they stand together.
1 tn Heb “I [am] he, I [am the] first, also I [am the] last.”