Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel [God prevails], my servant, 2 Jacob [Supplanter] whom I have chosen, 2 the offspring of Abraham [Father of a multitude] my 'ahav ·affectionate lover, friend·, + 41:8. Quoted in James 2:23 2

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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

7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. 2 He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, 2 saying of the soldering, “It is good;” 2 and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter. 1

9You whom I have taken hold of + 41:9. (8-9) Quoted in Heb 2:16 from the ends of the earth, 2 and called from its corners, 2 and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’ 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42+ 25:42. Lev 25:42 (Lev 25:39-43) (#5.371): Not to sell a Hebrew male servant as slaves are sold (More notes in Ex 21:8 OU360) For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. They shall not be sold as slaves.

Deuteronomy 10:15Only Adonai had chasak ·to set one’s affection· for your fathers to 'ahav ·affectionately love· them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.

Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai, 2 the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. 1

Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, 2 and Abraham [Father of a multitude], his servant. 1

Psalms 136:21And gave their land as an inheritance; 2 for his mercy continues forever: 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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