Isaiah 43:21

I will do that for the people whom I have created and chosen to belong to me, and some day they will cause many others to praise me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

In Context

20The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;

22But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:3All those who are loyal to Yahweh, he has chosen them to belong to him. Yahweh listens to me when I pray to him.

Psalms 102:18Yahweh, I want to write these words in order that people in future years will know what you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.

Proverbs 16:4Yahweh knows why he does everything that he does; he has even prepared the wicked for the time that he will punish them.

Isaiah 60:21Your people will all be righteous, and they will occupy the land forever, because I myself have put you there like people plant trees [MET] in order that you will show others that I am very great.

Jeremiah 33:9When that happens, all the nations of the world will rejoice, and they will praise me and honor me. They will hear about all the good things that I have done for this city and, because of that, they will revere me, and they will tremble because I have caused the people in this city to have peace and to prosper.’

1 Corinthians 6:19◄Keep in mind that your bodies are like [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit./Do you not know that your bodies are like [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit?► [RHQ] The Spirit, whom God gave you, lives within you. You do not belong to yourselves. You belong to God,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:15-22

Promises to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 14 Thus saith the Lord , your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the Lord , your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the Lord , which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are… Read the whole commentary →

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