Isaiah 41:8
But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 25:42For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:
Deuteronomy 10:15And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers, and loved them and chose their seed after them, that is to say, you, out of all nations, as this day it is proved.
1 Chronicles 16:13O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
Psalms 105:42Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
Psalms 136:21Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.
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 →