But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
- KJV Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
- NKJV “Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant, And Israel whom I have chosen.
- NASB “But now listen, Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen:
- NLT “But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.
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Quick answer
God calls Jacob His servant and Israel His chosen to listen now. It renews His gracious address to the people He has set His love upon.
Overview
After judgment, God again speaks tenderly, naming Israel as His chosen servant. The summons to 'listen now' signals fresh assurance. This election by grace, not merit, anticipates the New Testament truth that God's people are chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.
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Cross-references · 16
- Isa 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Jer 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.
- Rom 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Ps 105:6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- Jer 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.
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Jer 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.
- Deut 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.
- Ps 105:42–43For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Ps 81:11–13But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
- Isa 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!
- Gen 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.
- 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!
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