Reader! observe what grace is, again and again displayed in every verse, as we prosecute this sweet Chapter. Though the Lord began by pointing out Israel's rebellion, and this was followed up with expostulation, yet when the Lord comes to speak of himself and his covenant relationship to his people, the cloud seems at once removed, and the brightness of his countenance comes forth in shining lustre and when taking to himself his great name, the glorious I AM, the First and the Last, and therefore giving being to all his promises, he bids Israel to hearken: Israel was his called, his chosen. How sweet, how very sweet, are such views of the unchangeableness of him and his purposes and promises in Christ, when the soul can discover an interest in the whole from an union and interest in Jesus! Revelation 22:13.
Related Commentaries of Isaiah 48:12
Isaiah 48:12-14
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.