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Isa. 41:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosens, the seed of Abraham my friendt.

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Psa. 135:4• ⁴For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession. (Psa. 135:4)

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2 Chron. 20:7• ⁷Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend? (2 Chron. 20:7)

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James 2:23• ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)

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Isa. 43:1• ¹But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. (Isa. 43:1)

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Isa. 44:1‑2,21• ¹And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
²thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
²¹Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee: thou art my servant, Israel; thou shalt not be forgotten of me. (Isa. 44:1‑2,21)

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Isa. 48:12• ¹²Hearken unto me, Jacob, and thou Israel, my called. I am HE; I, the first, and I, the last. (Isa. 48:12)

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Isa. 49:3• ³And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself. (Isa. 49:3)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
⁶and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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Lev. 25:42• ⁴²For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen. (Lev. 25:42)

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Deut. 7:6‑8• ⁶For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:6‑8)

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Deut. 10:15• ¹⁵Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day. (Deut. 10:15)

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Deut. 14:2• ²For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 14:2)

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Psa. 33:12• ¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance! (Psa. 33:12)

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Psa. 105:6,42‑45• ⁶Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
⁴²For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant;
⁴³And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah! (Psa. 105:6,42‑45)

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Psa. 135:4• ⁴For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession. (Psa. 135:4)

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Jer. 33:24• ²⁴Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, The two families that Jehovah had chosen, he hath even cast them off? And they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (Jer. 33:24)

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Matt. 3:9• ⁹And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. (Matt. 3:9)

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John 8:33‑44• ³³They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
³⁵Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.
³⁶If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.
³⁷I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.
³⁹They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;
⁴⁰but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me.
⁴³Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
⁴⁴Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father: (John 8:33‑44)

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Rom. 4:12‑13• ¹²and father of circumcision, not only to those who are of the circumcision, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith, during uncircumcision, of our father Abraham.
¹³For it was not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by righteousness of faith. (Rom. 4:12‑13)

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Rom. 9:4‑8• ⁴who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;
⁵whose are the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
⁶Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all are Israel which are of Israel;
⁷nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
⁸That is, they that are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed. (Rom. 9:4‑8)

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Gal. 3:19• ¹⁹Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator. (Gal. 3:19)

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Gal. 4:22‑31• ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.
²³But he that was of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the free woman through the promise.
²⁴Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.
²⁵For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which is now, for she is in bondage with her children;
²⁶but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
²⁷For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her that has a husband.
²⁸But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
²⁹But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was born according to Spirit, so also it is now.
³⁰But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
³¹So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but children of the free woman. (Gal. 4:22‑31)

my friend.

2 Chron. 20:7• ⁷Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend? (2 Chron. 20:7)

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John 15:14‑15• ¹⁴Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
¹⁵I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:14‑15)

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James 2:23• ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)

• In verses 8 and 9 of our chapter Israel is reminded that as the seed of Abraham, who is honored as “My friend”, they are a chosen people and called to be the servant of God. How foolish then this turning to idols! (“Isaiah 41” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend