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The LORD Has Chosen Israel

Isaiah 44:1

In 11 translations

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:
LSV
“And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, || And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
YLT
And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:
DBY
And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
DRC
And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
GNV
Yet nowe heare, O Iaakob my seruant, and Israel, whom I haue chosen.
JPS
Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;
LXXE
But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֥ה שְׁמַ֖ע יַעֲקֹ֣ב עַבְדִּ֑י וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּחַ֥רְתִּי בֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Νῦν δὲ ἄκουσον Ἰακὼβ ὁ παῖς μου, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ὃν ἐξελεξάμην.

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👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
  • 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…
  • Romans 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
  • Hebrews 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 81:11–13But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
  • Isaiah 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
  • 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.
  • 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. The LORD did not set His affection on you and…
  • 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!
  • 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 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. Thus says the LORD your…
  • Psalms 105:42–43For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

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