Isaiah 48:12
Listen to Me, O Jacob,
What it says
The LORD tells Jacob and Israel to listen to Him as the first and the last.
What it is doing
This verse opens the section by grounding the appeal in God's unique eternal identity.
In context
12Listen to Me, O Jacob, 13Surely My own hand founded the earth, 14Come together, all of you, and listen: 15I, even I, have spoken; 16Come near to Me and listen to this: 17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, 18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, 19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, 20Leave Babylon! 21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; 22“There is no peace,” says the LORD,