Isaiah 44:1
And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
Isaiah 42:23Who among you will give ear to this, [who] will hearken and hear what is to come?
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee: thou art my servant, Israel; thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isaiah 48:16Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:1
God, by the prophet, goes on in this chapter, as before, I. To encourage his people with the assurance of great blessings he had in store for them at their return out of captivity, and those typical of much greater which the gospel church, his spiritual Israel, should partake of in the days of the Messiah; and hereby he proves himself to be God alone against all pretenders, ver. 1-8 . II. To expose the sottishness and amazing folly of idol-makers and idol-worshippers, ver. 9-20 . III. To ratify and confirm the… Read the whole commentary →