Isaiah 41:8

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\{The Lord says\}:

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:13

The people of Israel\par are the Lord’s servants.\par The descendants of Jacob,\par are the Lord’s chosen people.\par

2 Chronicles 20:7

You are our God! You forced the people living in this land to leave. You did this in front of your people Israel. You gave this land to the descendants {\cf2\super [226]} of Abraham forever. Abraham was your friend.

Psalm 105:6

You are descendants {\cf2\super [546]} of his servant Abraham.\par You are descendants of Jacob,\par the man God chose.\par

Psalm 135:4

The Lord chose Jacob. {\cf2\super [626]} \par Israel belongs to God.\par

Psalm 136:21

God gave their land to Israel.\par His true love continues forever.\par

Psalm 136:22

God gave that land for a gift to Israel.\par His true love continues forever.\par

Psalm 33:12

People who have the Lord as their God\par are very fortunate.\par Why? Because God chose them\par to be his own special people.\par

Isaiah 14:1

\{In the future,\} the Lord will again show his love to Jacob. The Lord will again choose the people of Israel. \{At that time,\} the Lord will give those people their land. Then non-Jewish people {\cf2\super [146]} will join themselves to the Jewish people. Both people will join and become one family—Jacob’s family.

Isaiah 29:22

So the Lord speaks to Jacob’s family. (This is the Lord that made Abraham free.) The Lord says, “Now Jacob (the people of Israel) will not be embarrassed and ashamed.

Isaiah 42:1

“Look at my Servant!\par I support him.\par He is the one I chose.\par And I am very pleased with him.\par I put my Spirit in him.\par He will judge the nations fairly.\par

Isaiah 42:19

In all the world, my servant {\cf2\super [383]} \par is the most blind!\par The messenger I send \{to the world\}\par is the most deaf.\par The one I made the Agreement with\par —the servant of the Lord—\par is the most blind.\par

Isaiah 43:1

Jacob, the Lord made you! Israel, the Lord made you! And now the Lord says, “Don’t be afraid! I saved you. I named you. You are mine.

Isaiah 43:10

The Lord says, “You people are my witnesses. You are the servant that I chose. I chose you so you would help people to believe me. I chose you so you would understand that ‘I Am He’—\{I am the true God\}. There was no God before me, and there will be no God after me.

Isaiah 43:5

“So don’t be afraid! I am with you. I will gather your children and bring them to you. I will gather them from the east and from the west.

Isaiah 44:21

“Jacob, remember these things!\par Israel, remember,\par you are my servant.\par I made you.\par You are my servant.\par So Israel, don’t forget me.\par

Isaiah 45:4

I do these things for my servant, Jacob.\par I do these things for my chosen people, Israel.\par \{Cyrus,\} I am calling you by name.\par You don’t know me,\par but I am calling you by name.\par

Isaiah 48:12

“Jacob, listen to me!\par Israel, I called you to be my people.\par So listen to me!\par I am the Beginning!\par And I am the End!\par

Isaiah 49:3

\{The Lord\} told me,\par “Israel, you are my servant.\par I will do wonderful things with you.”\par

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, and you should look at him. You should look at Sarah—the woman that gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family. Many, many people came from him.”

Isaiah 63:16

Look! You are our father!\par Abraham doesn’t know us.\par Israel (Jacob) does not recognize us.\par Lord, you are our father!\par You are the One who has always saved us!\par

Jeremiah 33:24

“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? Those people are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. The Lord chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”

Leviticus 25:42

Why? Because they are my servants! I brought them out {of slavery} in Egypt. They must not become slaves {again}.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord said, “I love you people.”

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think that you can boast and say to yourselves, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.

Galatians 3:19

So what was the law {\cf2\super [39]} for? The law was given to show the wrong things people do. The law would continue until the special Descendant of Abraham came. This is the Descendant mentioned in the promise. \{The promise came directly from God.\} But the law was given through angels. The angels used \{Moses for\} a mediator {\cf2\super [40]} to give the law to people.

Deuteronomy 10:15

The Lord loved your ancestors [61] very much. He loved them so much that he chose you, their descendants, [62] to be his people. He chose you instead of any other nation. And you are still his chosen people today.

Deuteronomy 14:2

Why? Because you are different from other people. You are the Lord’s special people. From all the people in the world, the Lord your God chose you to be his own special people.

James 2:23

This shows the full meaning of the Scripture {\cf2\super [13]} that says: “Abraham believed God. And God accepted Abraham’s faith. That faith made Abraham right with God.” {\cf2\super [14]} Abraham was called “God’s friend.” {\cf2\super [15]}