Isaiah 41:4

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. ] πρωτος τε και υστατος, εν τε μεσοι σιν . This was anciently believed concerning God, as Plato a testifieth. A te principium tibi desinet. b

a De Leg., lib. iv.

b Virgil.