Isaiah 41:9
I brought you back from distant lands, I called you back from faraway places, telling you, “You are my servants.” I have chosen you, and I have not abandoned you.
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8But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, the ones I have chosen, descendants of my friend Abraham,
Cross References
Joshua 24:2Joshua said to all the people, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Long, long ago your forefathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.
Nehemiah 9:7You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram, who led him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.
Psalms 107:2Let those the Lord has saved say that they are saved; those he has rescued from the power of the enemy.
Isaiah 41:8But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, the ones I have chosen, descendants of my friend Abraham,
Jeremiah 33:25This is what the Lord says: Just as I can't break my agreement with the day and the night and the laws that regulate heaven and earth,
Romans 11:1But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I'm an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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 →