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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 the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa. 135:4)

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2 Chron. 20:7• ⁷Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? (2 Chron. 20:7)

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James 2:23• ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. (James 2:23)

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Isa. 43:1• ¹But now thus saith the Lord 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• ¹Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
²Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
²¹Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. (Isa. 44:1‑2,21)

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

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Isa. 49:3• ³And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. (Isa. 49:3)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
⁶And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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

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Deut. 7:6‑8• ⁶For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
⁷The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
⁸But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:6‑8)

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Deut. 10:15• ¹⁵Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. (Deut. 10:15)

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Deut. 14:2• ²For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deut. 14:2)

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Psa. 33:12• ¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. (Psa. 33:12)

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Psa. 105:6,42‑45• ⁶O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
⁴²For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
⁴⁴And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
⁴⁵That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 105:6,42‑45)

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Psa. 135:4• ⁴For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa. 135:4)

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Jer. 33:24• ²⁴Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (Jer. 33:24)

the seed.

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

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John 8:33‑44• ³³They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
³⁵And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
³⁶If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
³⁷I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
³⁹They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
⁴¹Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
⁴²Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:33‑44)

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Rom. 4:12‑13• ¹²And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
¹³For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (Rom. 4:12‑13)

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Rom. 9:4‑8• ⁴Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
⁵Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
⁶Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
⁷Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
⁸That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. (Rom. 9:4‑8)

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Gal. 3:19• ¹⁹Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by 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, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
²³But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
²⁴Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
²⁵For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
²⁶But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
²⁷For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
²⁸Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
²⁹But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
³⁰Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
³¹So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. (Gal. 4:22‑31)

my friend.

2 Chron. 20:7• ⁷Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? (2 Chron. 20:7)

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John 15:14‑15• ¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. (John 15:14‑15)

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James 2:23• ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the 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