Liturhiya para sa Isaias 44:6

And by the hand of Your servants, the Prophets it is written: “Thus said Adonoy, King of Yisrael and its Redeemer, Adonoy Tzevaos: ‘I am the first and I am the last;³²Yeshaya 44:6. According to the Kuzari, “first” is used to preclude the notion that anything existed before Him, but not to assert that He has a beginning. Similarly, “last” is used only to repudiate the idea that there is an end to His existence, not to fix a term for Him. and beside Me, there is no God’.”³³Yeshaya 44:6. And it is said: “And deliverers will go up to Mount Tziyon to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom will be Adonoy’s.”³⁴Ovadyah 1:21. And it is said: “And Adonoy will be King over the whole earth; on that day Adonoy will be One and His Name One.”³⁵Zecharyah 14:9. In messianic times, Hashem will be recognized as the One and only God by all nations, and they will accept Him willingly, proclaiming His unity.

And by the hand of Your servants, the Prophets it is written: “Thus said Adonoy, King of Yisrael and its Redeemer, Adonoy Tzevaos: ‘I am the first and I am the last;³³Yeshaya 44:6. According to the Kuzari, “first” is used to preclude the notion that anything existed before Him, but not to assert that He has a beginning. Similarly, “last” is used only to repudiate the idea that there is an end to His existence, not to fix a term for Him. and beside Me, there is no God’.”³⁴Yeshaya 44:6. And it is said: “And deliverers will go up to Mount Tziyon to judge the mount of Esav, and the kingdom will be Adonoy’s.”³⁵Ovadyah 1:21. And it is said: “And Adonoy will be King over the whole earth; on that day Adonoy will be One and His Name One.”³⁶Zecharyah 14:9. In messianic times, Hashem will be recognized as the One and only God by all nations, and they will accept Him willingly, proclaiming His unity.

‘I am the first and I am the last;³²Yeshaya 44:6. According to the Kuzari, “first” is used to preclude the notion that anything existed before Him, but not to assert that He has a beginning. Similarly, “last” is used only to repudiate the idea that there is an end to His existence, not to fix a term for Him.