Proverbs 8:22-30, is it one of the prophecies about Jesus in the OT

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The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence”.

Specially when connecting it to Revelation 1:8:

I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
 
Your interpretation of these verses seems to be consistent with that found in the New American Bible:[22-31] Wisdom is of divine origin. It is here represented as a being which existed before all things (Proverb 8:22-26) and concurred with God when he planned and executed the creation of the universe, adorned it with beauty and variety, and established its wonderful order (Proverb 8:27-30). Here that plurality of divine Persons is foreshadowed which was afterward to be fully revealed when Wisdom in the Person of Jesus Christ became incarnate.
 
The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence”.

Specially when connecting it to Revelation 1:8:

I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

No. It can be applied to Jesus - that does not make it a prophecy of Him. The passage is from a piece of wisdom literature, & WL is a different sort of thing from prophecy.​

Rev. 1.8 is based on an OT text, but not on Proverbs 8.22 ff.
 
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