Isa 41:4 | NETfull | STEP | Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord , am present at the very beginning, and at the very end

Isaiah 41:4

4 Who acts and carries out decrees? ^{▼▼ Heb “Who acts and accomplishes?”; NASB “Who has performed and accomplished it.”}
Who ^{▼▼ The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).} summons the successive generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,
and at the very end – I am the one. ^{▼▼ Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”}