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Isaiah 44:1

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

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ASV

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:

KJV

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
שְׁמַ֖עshe.Ma'listenH8085 →
יַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoO JacobH3290 →
עַבְדִּ֑י'av.Diservant myH5650 →
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478 →
בָּחַ֥רְתִּיba.Char.ti[whom] I have chosenH977 →
בֽוֹ׃vo<in> it

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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.Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—Romans 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.Hebrews 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,Jeremiah 46:27–28But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Psalms 105:6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.Isaiah 45:4For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.Isaiah 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Isaiah 48:16–18Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.Psalms 105:42–43For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Isaiah 43:1Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!Psalms 81:11–13But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.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.

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About Isaiah

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