Isaiah 44:1
But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee.
Psalms 105:42And their enemies oppressed them, 1 And they were brought down under their hands. 1
Isaiah 42:23Who is there among you that will give ear to these things? hearken ye to the things which are coming to pass.
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; I have formed thee to be my servant: and do thou, Israel, not forget me.
Isaiah 48:16Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, even the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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 →