Isaiah 44:1
Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Psalms 81:11(81-12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
Psalms 105:42For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant;
Isaiah 42:23Who among you will give ear to this? Who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art My servant; I have formed thee, thou art Mine own servant; O Israel, thou shouldest not forget Me.
Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord GOD 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 →