Isa_41:4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
Ver. 4. Who hath wrought and done it?] Here the Gentiles should have answered for God, which because they did not, but were senselessly silent, therefore he answereth by a description of himself.
Calling the generations from the beginning.] Giving them their being, and having them at a beck.
I the Lord, the first, and with the last.]
ðñùôïò ôå êáé õóôáôïò, åí ôå ìåóïé óéí
. This was anciently believed concerning God, as Plato {a} testifieth. A te principium tibi desinet. {b}