Isaiah 41:8

But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.

9For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For they are my seruants, whom I brought out of the lande of Egypt: they shall not be solde as bondmen are solde.

Deuteronomy 10:15Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.

1 Chronicles 16:13O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.

Psalms 33:12Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.

Psalms 105:42For he remembred his holy promise to Abraham his seruant,

Psalms 136:21And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:

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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