Isaiah 41:8

New English Translation

“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:13

O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.

Psalm 105:6

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

Psalm 135:4

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

Psalm 136:21

and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures,

Psalm 136:22

as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,

Psalm 33:12

How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

Isaiah 29:22

So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

Isaiah 42:19

My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.

Isaiah 43:1

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 43:10

You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

Isaiah 43:5

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

Isaiah 44:21

Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!

Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.

Isaiah 48:12

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

Isaiah 49:3

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”

Isaiah 51:2

Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.

Isaiah 63:16

For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

Jeremiah 33:24

“You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven’t you? They are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.’ So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation.

Leviticus 25:42

Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

Malachi 1:2

“I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?” “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob

Matthew 3:9

and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Galatians 3:19

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.

Deuteronomy 10:15

However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

James 2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.