Isaiah 44:1
But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.
Psalms 105:42Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands. 1
Isaiah 42:23Who is there among you that will give ear to these things? listen you⌃ to the things which are coming to pass.
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant; I have formed you to be my servant: and do you, Israel, not forget me.
Isaiah 48:16Draw near to me, and hear you⌃ 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, has 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 →