Isaiah 43:1

God's Word

The Lord created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel [He Struggles With God], because you have struggled with God and with men—and you have won.”

Psalm 100:3

Realize that the Lord alone is God. He made us, and we are his. We are his people and the sheep in his care.

Psalm 102:18

This will be written down for a future generation so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

Exodus 15:13

“Lovingly, you will lead the people you have saved. Powerfully, you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread will fall on them. Because of the power of your arm, they will be petrified until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.

Exodus 33:17

The Lord answered Moses, “I will do what you have asked, because I am pleased with you, and I know you by name.”

Isaiah 27:11

When the branches are dried up, they will be broken off. Women will come and build a fire with them. These people don’t understand ⌞these things⌟. That is why their maker won’t have compassion on them, and their Creator won’t have pity on them.

Isaiah 41:14

Don’t be afraid, Jacob, you worm. You people of Israel, I will help you,” declares the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 42:6

I, the Lord, have called you to do what is right. I will take hold of your hand. I will protect you. I will appoint you as my promise  to the people, as my light to the nations.

Isaiah 43:21

I have formed these people for myself. They will praise me.

Isaiah 43:5

Do not be afraid, because I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west.

Isaiah 43:7

Bring everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

Isaiah 44:2

The Lord made you, formed you in the womb, and will help you. This is what the Lord says: Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 45:11

The Lord is the Holy One and the maker of Israel. This is what the Lord says: Ask me about what is going to happen to my children! Are you going to give me orders concerning my handiwork?

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

Isaiah 48:20

Leave Babylon; flee from the Babylonians! Shout for joy as you tell it and announce it. Shout it out to the ends of the earth. Say that the Lord has reclaimed his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, you islands. Pay attention, you people far away. Before I was born, the Lord chose me. While I was in my mother’s womb, he recorded my name.

Isaiah 49:26

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will become drunk on their own blood as though it were new wine. Then all humanity will know that I am the Lord, who saves you, the Mighty One of Jacob, who reclaims you.

Isaiah 51:13

Why have you forgotten the Lord, your Creator? He stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Where is the fury of those who oppress you?

Isaiah 52:9

Break out into shouts of joy, ruins of Jerusalem. The Lord will comfort his people. He will reclaim Jerusalem.

Isaiah 62:12

They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the Lord, and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our Father. Even though Abraham doesn’t know us and Israel doesn’t pay attention to us, O Lord, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their troubles he was troubled, and he was the Messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord appeared to me in a faraway place and said, “I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness.

Jeremiah 33:24

“Haven’t you noticed what these people have said? They have said that the Lord has rejected the two families he has chosen. They despise my people, and they no longer consider them a nation.

Jeremiah 33:26

Then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. I would not let any of David’s descendants rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. However, I will restore their fortunes and love them.”

Jeremiah 50:34

Their defender is strong. His name is the Lord of Armies. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

Lamentations 3:57

Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty Lord.

Daniel 10:19

He said, “Don’t be afraid. You are highly respected. Everything is alright! Be strong! Be strong!” As he talked to me, I became stronger. I said, “Sir, tell me what you came to say. You have strengthened me.”

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Malachi 3:17

“They will be mine,” says the Lord of Armies. “On that day I will make them my special possession. I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Acts 27:20

For a number of days we couldn’t see the sun or the stars. The storm wouldn’t let up. It was so severe that we finally began to lose any hope of coming out of it alive.

Acts 27:25

So have courage, men! I trust God that everything will turn out as he told me.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jeshurun  got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and silly people? Isn’t he your Father and Owner, who made you and formed you?

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s people were his property. Jacob was his own possession.

2 Timothy 2:19

In spite of all that, God’s ⌞people⌟ have a solid foundation. These words are engraved on it: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Whoever worships the Lord must give up doing wrong.”

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.