Isaiah 43:4
Since you have been precious and honored in my sight,and I have loved you;therefore I will give people in your place,and nations instead of your life.
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Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
Deuteronomy 4:37Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 14:2For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord's portion is his people.Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Psalms 135:4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself;Israel for his own possession.
Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared of old to me, saying, 'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:2-8
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt… Read the whole commentary →