I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
Parallel translations
- WEB You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’
- KJV Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
- NKJV You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
- NASB You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth And called from its remotest parts, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
- NLT I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, ‘You are my servant.’ For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.
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Quick answer
God reminds Israel that He chose them, called them, and will not cast them away.
Overview
The Lord recalls how He drew Israel from the ends of the earth and claimed them as His servant. His electing love guarantees that He will not reject them. This assurance of God's faithfulness underlies the famous comfort of verse 10.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Sam 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Ps 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
- Deut 7:6–7For 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.
- Josh 24:2–4And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
- Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Rom 11:1–2I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- 1 Cor 1:26–29Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- Isa 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Isa 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- Isa 43:5–6Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Ps 107:2–3Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- Neh 9:7–38You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Jer 33:25–26This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
- Luke 13:29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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