Isaiah 43:4
Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.
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Genesis 12:2I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.
Deuteronomy 4:37Because he loved your forefathers, he chose you, their descendants. He himself led you out of Egypt by his great power,
Deuteronomy 14:2because you are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. The Lord chose you as his special people out of all the nations on earth.
Deuteronomy 32:9But the Lord's people are his, Israel is his chosen one.
Psalms 135:4For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel as his very own.
Jeremiah 31:3Long ago the Lord came and told us, My love for you will last forever. I hold you close to me with my trustworthy love.
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 →