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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 for him,{HR}Israel for his peculiar treasure, (Psa. 135:4)

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

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James 2:23• ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for 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, O 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, O 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; 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 the first, I also 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• 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,
⁶{i}and 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.{/i} (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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

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Deut. 7:6‑8• ⁶{i}For 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.{/i}
⁷{i}Not 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;{/i}
⁸{i}but 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.{/i} (Deut. 7:6‑8)

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Deut. 10:15• ¹⁵{i}Only, 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.{/i} (Deut. 10:15)

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Deut. 14:2• ²{i}For 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.{/i} (Deut. 14:2)

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Psa. 33:12• ¹²Happy [is] the nation whose God is Jehovah,{HR}The people he hath chosen to himself for an inheritance. (Psa. 33:12)

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Psa. 105:6,42‑45• ⁶O seed of Abraham his servant,{HR}Sons of Jacob, his chosen (ones).
⁴²For he remembered his holy word{HR}[And] Abraham his servant,
⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy,{HR}His chosen with shouting;
⁴⁴And he gave them lands of nations,{HR}And they inherited the Gentiles' toil;
⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes{HR}And observe his laws. Praise ye Jah . (Psa. 105:6,42‑45)

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Psa. 135:4• ⁴For Jah hath chosen Jacob for him,{HR}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 Jehovah 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)

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Matt. 3:9• ⁹{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 3:9)

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John 8:33‑44• ³³They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practiceth sin is a bondman of sin.
³⁵Now the bondman abideth not in the house forever; the son abideth forever.
³⁶If therefore the Son 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 maketh no way in you.
³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye therefore practice what ye have seen with your father.
³⁹They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith to them, If ye are Abraham's children, ye would practice the works of Abraham;
⁴⁰but now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath spoken to you the truth which I heard from God: this Abraham did not practice.
⁴¹Ye practice the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We were 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; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
⁴³Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
⁴⁴Ye are of your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:33‑44)

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Rom. 4:12‑13• ¹²and father of circumcision not only to those circumcised but also to those that walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham while in uncircumcision.
¹³For not by law was [the] promise 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• ⁴which 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 [is] the Christ as far as according to flesh, who is over all God blessed forever. Amen.
⁶Not however that the word of God hath failed; for not all those that are of Israel [are] Israel;
⁷nor because they are Abraham's seed, [are] they all children, but “In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.”
⁸That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; (Rom. 9:4‑8)

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Gal. 3:19• ¹⁹Why then the law? For the sake of transgressions it was added, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, being ordained by means of angels in a mediator's hand. (Gal. 3:19)

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Gal. 4:22‑31• ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the freewoman.
²³But he that was of the maidservant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the freewoman through the promise.
²⁴Which things are given allegorically, for these are two covenants, one from Mount Sina, gendering unto bondage, which is Agar.
²⁵For Agar is Mount Sina in Arabia, but correspondeth with the existing Jerusalem, 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; for the children of the desolate are many more than of her that hath the husband.”
²⁸But we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
²⁹But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was according to Spirit, so now.
³⁰But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the maidservant and her son. For in no wise shall the son of the maidservant inherit with the son of the freewoman.”
³¹Therefore, brethren, we are not children of a maidservant, but of the freewoman. (Gal. 4:22‑31)

my friend.

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

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John 15:14‑15• ¹⁴Ye are my friends if ye do what [ever] I command you.
¹⁵No longer do I call you bondmen, for the bondman knoweth not what his lord doeth; but you I have called friends, because all things which I heard from my Father I made known to 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 reckoned to him for 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

W. Kelly Translation

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