Isaiah 43:4
Since thou have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee, therefore I will give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.
Deuteronomy 4:37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 14:2For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God, and LORD has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:9For LORD's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Psalms 135:4For LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, Israel for his own possession.
Jeremiah 31:3LORD appeared of old to me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:2-8
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt… Read the whole commentary →