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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah 44:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
  • BSB But now listen, O Jacob My servant, 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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Isa 41:8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
  • Jer 30:10Therefore 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.
  • Rom 11:5–6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
  • Ps 105:6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
  • Jer 46:27–28But 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.
  • Heb 3:7–8Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
  • Jer 4:7The 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.
  • Deut 7:6–8For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Ps 105:42–43For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
  • Ps 81:11–13But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
  • Isa 48:16–18Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
  • Isa 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Isa 42:23Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
  • Isa 43:1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
  • Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

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Christ at the center

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).

How Isaiah 44:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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