Isaiah 44:2
1 But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
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Compare
- BSB
- This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- This is what the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- ASV
- Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- DARBY
- thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- BLB
- Thus says YHWH, the One having made you and having formed you from the womb, who will help you: “Do not fear, My servant Jacob, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren, som skapte deg og dannet deg fra mors liv, som hjelper deg: Frykt ikke, min tjener Jakob, Jesurun[^1] som jeg har utvalgt!
- OTB
- Dette sier Herren— han som skapte deg og formet deg i mors liv, som vil hjelpe deg: Frykt ikke, Jakob min tjener, og Jesjurun, som jeg har utvalgt.
- B1930
- Så sier Herren, som skapte dig og dannet dig fra mors liv, som hjelper dig: Frykt ikke, min tjener Jakob, Jesurun som jeg har utvalgt! / < 5MO 32, 15.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Read in contextIsaiah 43:1
Now 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!
Read in contextIsaiah 46:3–4
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
Read in contextIsaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Read in contextIsaiah 49:1
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
Read in contextEphesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Read in contextIsaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
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