Psalm 135:4

The Passion Translation

For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for his own purpose, and Israel is his special treasure.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are God’s chosen treasure —priests who are kings, a spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light, and now he claims you as his very own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world.

Isaiah 41:8

“But you—my servant, Israel, Jacob, whom I’ve chosen, seed of my beloved friend Abraham —

Psalm 105:6

For you are his servants, the true seed of Abraham, and you are the chosen ones, Jacob’s sons.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed and prosperous is that nation who has God as their Lord! They will be the people he has chosen for his own.

Titus 2:14

He sacrificed himself for us that he might purchase our freedom from every lawless deed and to purify for himself a people who are his very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in his eyes.

Jeremiah 51:19

Yahweh, the Riches of Jacob, you are nothing like these. He created the universe and has chosen Israel to be his inheritance. Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, is his name!