Isaiah 48:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² “Jacob, listen to me!
    Israel, I called you to be my people.
    So listen to me!
I am the Beginning,
    and I am the End.
¹³ I made the earth with my own hands.
    My right hand made the sky.
And if I call them,
    they will come to stand before me.

¹⁴ “All of you, come here and listen to me.
    Did any of the false gods say these things would happen? No!
The Lord’s friend^[a] will do what he wants
    to Babylon and the Chaldeans.