Draw near, you nations; and hearken, you princes; let the earth hear, and they that are in it; the world, and the people therein.

Hear Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne [by Me] from the womb, and taught [by Me] from infancy, [even] to old age;

Hearken to Me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord; from my mother's womb He has called my name;

Hearken to Me, you that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord; look to the solid rock, which you have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which you have dug.

Hear Me, hear Me, My people; and you kings, hearken to Me; for a law shall proceed from Me, and My judgment [shall be] for a light of the nations.

Hear Me, you that know judgment, the people in whose heart is My law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.

Give heed with your ears, and follow My ways; hearken to Me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

Now then [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;

"Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few [are] chosen."

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ:

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, and elect, and faithful."

Who has performed and done these things? He has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.

Thus says God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the First and I am the Last; beside Me there is no God.

Behold I, even I, am [He], and there is no God beside Me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of My hands.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and He who was and He who is to come, The Almighty."

saying, "That which you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as [if] dead. But He put His right hand on me, saying, "Do not fear; I am the First and the Last.

I am He who lives, and became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life:

I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."