Isaiah 44:1
But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, the one I've chosen.
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In The King James Version
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Genesis 17:7I promise to continue my agreement with you, and with your descendants who come after you, for generations to come. This is an eternal agreement. I will always be your God, and the God of your descendants.
Psalms 81:11But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
Isaiah 42:23Who of you is going to listen to this, or pay attention later on?
Isaiah 44:21“Remember all this, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I made you, Israel, you are my servant. I won't forget you.
Isaiah 48:16Come close to me, and listen to this. From the very beginning I haven't spoken in secret; I am always there right when it happens. Now the Lord God and his Spirit has sent me to tell you this:
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 →