Isaiah 49:5

God's Word

The Lord formed me in the womb to be his servant in order to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to him. (The Lord honors me, and my God has become my strength.)

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he told them, “Go, eat rich foods, drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves. Today is a holy day for the Lord. Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the Lord is your strength.”

Isaiah 11:12

He will raise a banner for the nations ⌞to gather around⌟. He will gather the outcasts of Israel and bring together the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 12:2

Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God. I will highly honor you; I will praise your name. You have done miraculous things. You have been completely reliable in carrying out your plans from long ago.

Isaiah 27:12

On that day the Lord will begin his threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt. People of Israel, you will be gathered one by one.

Isaiah 43:4

Since you are precious to me, you are honored and I love you. I will exchange others for you. Nations will be the price I pay for your life.

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 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 50:4

The Almighty Lord will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage weary people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

Isaiah 52:13

My servant will be successful. He will be respected, praised, and highly honored.

Isaiah 56:8

The Almighty Lord, who gathers the scattered people of Israel, declares, “I will gather still others besides those I have already gathered.”

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Zechariah 6:13

He will rebuild the Lord’s temple and receive royal honor. He will sit and rule from his throne. He will be a priest on his throne. There will be a peaceful understanding between them.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.”

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!

Matthew 28:18

When Jesus came near, he spoke to them. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love—my Son with whom I am pleased.”

Luke 19:42

He said, “If you had only known today what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden, so you cannot see it.

John 3:35

The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.

Acts 10:36

God sent his word to the people of Israel and brought them the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is everyone’s Lord.

Romans 15:8

Let me explain. Christ became a servant for the Jewish people to reveal God’s truth. As a result, he fulfilled God’s promise to the ancestors of the Jewish people.

Galatians 1:15

But God, who appointed me before I was born and who called me by his kindness, was pleased

1 Peter 3:22

Now Christ has gone to heaven where he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the throne. Angels, rulers, and powers have been placed under his authority.