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Isaiah 43:4

Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

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ASV

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

KJV

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מֵאֲשֶׁ֨רme.'a.Sher<from> becauseH834 →
יָקַ֧רְתָּya.Kar.tayou are preciousH3365 →
בְעֵינַ֛יve.'ei.Naiin view myH5869 →
נִכְבַּ֖דְתָּnikh.Bad.tayou are honoredH3513 →
וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589 →
אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ'a.hav.Ti.khaI love youH157 →
וְאֶתֵּ֤ןve.'e.Tenand I may giveH5414 →
אָדָם֙'a.DamhumankindH120 →
תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָtach.Tei.khain place of youH8478 →
וּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.Mimand peoplesH3816 →
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478 →
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khalife yourH5315 →

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Deuteronomy 7:6–8For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Jeremiah 31:3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.Deuteronomy 32:9–14But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Deuteronomy 7:8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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