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.
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- WEB This is what Yahweh 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.
- 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.
- NKJV Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- NASB This is what the Lord says, He who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Do not fear, Jacob My servant, And Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- NLT The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one.
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God, who made and formed Israel from the womb and will help them, tells them not to fear. It grounds comfort in God's creative care and faithful help.
Overview
The LORD reminds His people that He shaped them from the beginning and remains their helper. The affectionate name Jeshurun, 'upright one,' expresses His covenant favor. This assurance not to fear, rooted in God's formative and helping love, finds its echo in Christ, who calls His own and never casts them out.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 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.”
- 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!
- Isa 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.
- Isa 44:24Thus 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,
- Isa 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- Isa 49:1Listen 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.
- Eph 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Isa 41:10Do 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.
- Ezek 16:4–8On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
- Rom 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Ps 71:6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- 1 Th 1:4Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
- Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
- Heb 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Isa 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Ezek 20:5–12and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
- Isa 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Isa 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Deut 33:5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
- Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
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