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Isa. 44:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

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1-6: God comforts the church with his promises.

7-8: The vanity of idols,

9-20: and folly of idol makers.

21-28: He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotency.

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Isa. 42:23• ²³Who among you will give ear to this, who will hearken and hear what is to come? (Isa. 42:23)

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Isa. 48:16‑18• ¹⁶Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
¹⁷Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.
¹⁸Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea; (Isa. 48:16‑18)

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Isa. 55:3• ³Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:3)

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Psa. 81:11‑13• ¹¹But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
¹²So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
¹³Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways! (Psa. 81:11‑13)

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Jer. 4:7• ⁷The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant. (Jer. 4:7)

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Luke 13:34• ³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not. (Luke 13:34)

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Heb. 3:7‑8• ⁷Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,
⁸harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness; (Heb. 3:7‑8)

O Jacob.

Isa. 41:8• ⁸But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend (Isa. 41:8)

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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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Gen. 17:7• ⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)

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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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Psa. 105:6,42‑43• 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; (Psa. 105:6,42‑43)

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Jer. 30:10• ¹⁰And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. (Jer. 30:10)

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Jer. 46:27‑28• ²⁷But thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, neither be dismayed, Israel: for behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
²⁸Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless. (Jer. 46:27‑28)

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Rom. 11:5‑6• ⁵Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
⁶But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace. (Rom. 11:5‑6)

• But yet again, chapter 44 opens with a word of mercy. In spite of his crookedness Jacob was God’s servant, chosen by Him, and God is always true to His purpose and able to carry it out. (“Isaiah 44” by F.B. Hole)

• The first eight verses of this chapter breathe out that grace in no uncertain terms. The sovereignty of God is declared, for He is the First and He is the Last, and beside Him there is no “God”, or, “Rock”, as the margin reads. Consequently, though He will chastise in His holy government, He will ultimately bless according to His original purpose. (“Isaiah 44” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen: