Isaiah 44:1
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
- KJV
- Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
- WEB
- Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
- ASV
- Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
- DARBY
- And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
- BLB
- And now listen, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen!
- ÅB
- Men hør nå, Jakob, min tjener, og Israel, som jeg har utvalgt!
- OTB
- "Men hør nå, Jakob, min tjener, og Israel, som jeg har utvalgt:
- B1930
- Men hør nu, Jakob, min tjener, og Israel, som jeg har utvalgt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Read in contextRomans 11:5–6
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:10
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Read in contextPsalms 105:6
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Read in contextHebrews 3:7–8
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Read in contextJeremiah 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Read in contextJeremiah 46:27–28
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Read in contextPsalms 81:11–13
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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