Isaiah 41:8

But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,—The seed of Abraham my loving one;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, he that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil,—Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails—it must not totter!

9Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And from the extremities thereof, have called thee,—And said to thee, My Servant, thou! I have chosen thee and not cast thee off,

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:42For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,—they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman.

Deuteronomy 10:15Only unto thy fathers, Yahweh became attached so as to love them,—therefore made he choice of their seed after them—of you—out of all the peoples, (as at this day).

1 Chronicles 16:13O ye seed of Israel his servant, sons of Jacob his chosen ones:

Psalms 33:12How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!

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

Psalms 136:21And gave their land for an inheritance, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

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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