Isaiah 41:8
וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 25:42כִּֽי ־ עֲבָדַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר ־ הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לֹא יִמָּכְרוּ מִמְכֶּרֶת עָֽבֶד ׃
Deuteronomy 10:15רַק בַּאֲבֹתֶיךָ חָשַׁק יְהוָה לְאַהֲבָה אוֹתָם וַיִּבְחַר בְּזַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּכֶם מִכָּל ־ הָעַמִּים כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃
1 Chronicles 16:13זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדּוֹ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב בְּחִירָֽיו ׃
Psalms 33:12אַשְׁרֵי הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו הָעָם ׀ בָּחַר לְנַחֲלָה לֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 105:42כִּֽי ־ זָכַר אֶת ־ דְּבַר קָדְשׁוֹ אֶֽת ־ אַבְרָהָם עַבְדּֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 136:21וְנָתַן אַרְצָם לְנַחֲלָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ ׃
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 →