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Isaiah 44

Isa. 44:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet now hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
my servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
; and Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, whom I have chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
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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 ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; 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 to profit, who leadeth thee in the way thou shouldest go.
18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace 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• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me.
12And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels.
13O that my people would hearken unto me,{HR}That Israel would walk in my ways!
(Psa. 81:11‑13)
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Jer. 4:7• 7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. (Jer. 4:7)
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Luke 13:34• 34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that killeth the prophets, and stoneth 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 the Holy Spirit saith, Today, if ye will hear his voice,
8harden not your hearts as in the provocation, through 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 unto thee and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)
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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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Psa. 105:6,42‑43• 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;
(Psa. 105:6,42‑43)
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Jer. 30:10• 10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, 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 be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. (Jer. 30:10)
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Jer. 46:27‑28• 27But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, 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, O Jacob my servant, 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 correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
(Jer. 46:27‑28)
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Rom. 11:5‑6• 5So then in the present time also there hath been a remnant according to election of grace;
6and if by grace, no longer by works, since [otherwise] grace becometh no longer 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:

W. Kelly Translation

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