Isaiah 41:8

And you, O Israel, My servant, || Jacob, whom I have chosen, || Seed of Abraham, My lover,

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In The King James Version

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

In Context

7And an artisan strengthens the refiner, || A smoother [with] a hammer, || Him who is beating [on] an anvil, saying, “For joining it [is] good,” || And he strengthens it with nails, it is not moved!

9Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, || And from its near places I have called you, || And I say to you, You [are] My servant, || I have chosen you, and not rejected you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For they [are] My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold [with] the sale of a servant;

Deuteronomy 10:15Only, YHWH has delighted in your fathers, to love them, and He fixes on their seed after them—on you, out of all the peoples, as [at] this day.

1 Chronicles 16:13O seed of Israel, His servant, || O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Psalms 33:12O the blessedness of the nation whose God [is] YHWH, || Of the people He chose, || For an inheritance to Him.

Psalms 105:42For He has remembered His holy word, || With His servant Abraham,

Psalms 136:21And He gave their land for inheritance, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

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 →

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