Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

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

9you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.

Deuteronomy 10:15Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.

1 Chronicles 16:13you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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

Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

Psalms 136:21and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;

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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