Isaiah 41:8

But thou, Yisroel, art Avdi, 1 Ya'akov whom I have chosen, 1 the zera Avraham Ohavi (My friend). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7So the charash (craftsman) encouraged the tzoref (goldsmith), 1 and he that smootheth with the patish (hammer) 1 encouraged him that strikes the anvil, 1 saying of the soldering, tov hu; 1 and he fastened it with nails, 1 so that it should not topple. 1

9Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ketzot ha'aretz, 1 and called thee from the farthest borders thereof, 1 and said unto thee, Thou art Avdi; 1 I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For they are My Eved, which I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim; they shall not be sold in the manner of an eved.

Deuteronomy 10:15Yet Hashem had a delight in Avoteicha to love them, and He chose their zera after them, even you above kol ha'amim, as it is yom hazeh.

1 Chronicles 16:13O ye zera Yisroel His eved, 1 ye Bnei Ya'akov, His chosen ones. 1

Psalms 33:12Ashrei is the Goy whose Elohav is Hashem; 1 and HaAm whom He hath chosen for His own nachalah. 1

Psalms 105:42For He remembered His Davar Kadosh, 1 and Avraham His eved. 1

Psalms 136:21And gave their land for a nachalah; 1 ki l'olam chasdo. 1

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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