I Am the First, I Also Am the Last — Isaiah 48:14–17

Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I:

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.