Isaiah 41:8

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

In Context

7And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.

9thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as [men] sell bondmen.

Deuteronomy 10:15Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.

1 Chronicles 16:13Ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;

Psalms 136:21And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:2-10

Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it,… Read the whole commentary →

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