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href="/bsb/isaiah/41.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/41.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/41.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, <i>art</i> my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But you, Israel, <i>are</i> My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The offspring of Abraham My friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, my friend —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But you are my servant Israel, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the descendant of Abraham, my dear friend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But as for you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I've chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you, O Israel, My servant, "" Jacob, whom I have chosen, "" Seed of Abraham, My lover,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> -- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou, Israel, my servant Jacob whom I chose thee, the seed of Abraham my beloved:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But now, Israel, you are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham my friend, whom I have strengthened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Now, Israel my Servant, Yaqob whom I have chosen, I have not rejected you, the seed of Abraham, my friend<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham My friend;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/41-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8840" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/41.htm">God's Help to Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“But you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">My servant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bə·ḥar·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">I have chosen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">descendant</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">of Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hă·ḇî (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 1cs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">My friend—</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a></span><br />I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a></span><br />Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-8</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. / The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a></span><br />Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Psalm 105:6-10</a></span><br />O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. / He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. / He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-4.htm">Psalm 135:4</a></span><br />For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-10.htm">Jeremiah 30:10</a></span><br />As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">Jeremiah 46:27-28</a></span><br />But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid. / And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1-2</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-54.htm">Luke 1:54-55</a></span><br />He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, / as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-72.htm">Luke 1:72-73</a></span><br />to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, / the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39</a></span><br />“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-25.htm">Acts 3:25</a></span><br />And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.</p><p class="hdg">thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a></b></br> But 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 <i>thee</i> by thy name; thou <i>art</i> mine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">Isaiah 44:1,2,21</a></b></br> Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">Isaiah 48:12</a></b></br> Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I <i>am</i> he; I <i>am</i> the first, I also <i>am</i> the last.</p><p class="hdg">the seed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></b></br> And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to <i>our</i> father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-33.htm">John 8:33-44</a></b></br> They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/4-12.htm">Romans 4:12,13</a></b></br> And 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 <i>he had</i> being <i>yet</i> uncircumcised… </p><p class="hdg">my friend</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a></b></br> <i>Art</i> not thou our God, <i>who</i> didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/15-14.htm">John 15:14,15</a></b></br> Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23</a></b></br> And 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/29-22.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-7.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/songs/8-14.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-7.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-9.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-21.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-4.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Lover</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-9.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-1.htm">God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">About his promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm">And about the vanity of idols.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But you, O Israel, My servant</b><br>This phrase identifies Israel as God's chosen servant, a role that signifies a special relationship and purpose. The term "servant" is often used in the Old Testament to denote someone who is chosen for a specific task or mission. In this context, Israel is called to be a light to the nations, reflecting God's character and purposes. This designation as "servant" is also a foreshadowing of the ultimate Servant, Jesus Christ, who fulfills the role of the suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>.<p><b>Jacob, whom I have chosen</b><br>The mention of Jacob highlights the personal and covenantal relationship God has with the nation of Israel. Jacob, later named Israel, was chosen by God despite his flaws, emphasizing God's sovereignty and grace. This choice is rooted in the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to make Jacob's descendants a great nation. The concept of being "chosen" is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are described as chosen by God (<a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a>).<p><b>descendant of Abraham My friend—</b><br>Abraham is referred to as God's friend, a title that underscores the intimate relationship between God and Abraham. This friendship is based on faith and obedience, as seen in <a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a>, where Abraham's belief is credited to him as righteousness. The covenant with Abraham is foundational for Israel's identity and mission. It also points to the fulfillment of God's promises through Jesus Christ, a descendant of Abraham, who brings blessings to all nations (<a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the nation chosen by God, representing His people. In this context, it symbolizes the collective identity of God's chosen ones.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch whose name was changed to Israel. He is a direct ancestor of the Israelites and represents the personal relationship God has with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>Known as the father of faith, Abraham is a key figure in the Bible. He is called "My friend" by God, highlighting the intimate relationship between God and those who trust Him.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/servant.htm">Servant</a></b><br>This term is used to describe Israel's role in God's plan. It signifies a position of honor and responsibility in serving God's purposes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/chosen.htm">Chosen</a></b><br>This indicates God's sovereign selection of Israel as His people, emphasizing His grace and purpose in their calling.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a></b><br>Just as Israel was chosen, believers today are chosen in Christ. Understanding our identity as God's people can transform how we live and serve.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_of_god.htm">Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>God's choice of Israel despite their imperfections shows His faithfulness. We can trust in God's promises and His unwavering commitment to His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/servanthood.htm">Servanthood</a></b><br>Being God's servant is a position of honor. We are called to serve God and others, reflecting His love and purpose in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/friendship_with_god.htm">Friendship with God</a></b><br>Like Abraham, we are invited into a personal relationship with God. Cultivating this friendship involves faith, obedience, and trust.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>The lineage from Abraham to Israel reminds us of the importance of passing down faith to future generations. Our lives can impact those who come after us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_christ's_commission_fellowship.htm">What does 'worm of Jacob' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_abraham_truly_a_friend_of_god.htm">Was Abraham truly a friend of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_christian_economy.htm">What defines the Christian economy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_42_fit_its_own_era.htm">If Isaiah 42 is meant to describe a future figure, why do some details reflect the socio-political context of the time it was written? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">But thou, Israel, art my servant . . .</span>--The verse is important as the first introduction of the servant of the Lord who is so conspicuous throughout the rest of the book. The idea embodied in the term is that of a calling and election, manifested now in Israel according to the flesh, now in the true Israel of God, realising its ideal, now, as in the innermost of the three concentric circles, in a person who gathers up that ideal in all its intensity into himself. The three phrases find their parallel in St. Paul's language as to (1) the seed of Abraham according to the flesh; (2) the true seed who are heirs of the faith of Abraham; (3) <span class= "ital">the </span>seed, which is none other than the Christ Himself (<a href="/romans/9-7.htm" title="Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your seed be called.">Romans 9:7</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-7.htm" title="Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.">Galatians 3:7</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm" title="Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He said not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.">Galatians 3:16</a>). Here we have the national aspect, Israel as he is in the idea of God. So in the later language of Christian thought we have (1) the visible Church falling short of the ideal; (2) the spiritual Church approximating to the ideal; (3) Christ Himself, as identified with His people.<p><span class= "bld">The seed of Abraham my friend.</span>--The word for "friend" implies loving as well as being loved. Of all the names of Abraham, it has had the widest currency (comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm" title="Are not you our God, who did drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham your friend for ever?">2Chronicles 20:7</a>; <a href="/james/2-23.htm" title="And the scripture was fulfilled which said, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.">James 2:23</a>). For the Arabs of the present time Abraham is still <span class= "ital">Khalil Allah</span>--the friend of God, or simply, <span class= "ital">el Khalil, the </span>friend. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 8-20.</span> - A PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF GOD'S PROTECTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE TROUBLOUS PERIOD THAT IS APPROACHING. Israel is assured <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> of God's faithfulness (vers. 8, 9); <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> of special divinely infused strength (ver. 10); <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> of the infusion of weakness into their enemies (vers. 11, 12); . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/41-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My servant,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jacob,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have chosen,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥar·tî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">descendant</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֖רַע</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Abraham</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My friend—</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹהֲבִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hă·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 41:8 But you Israel my servant Jacob whom (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 41:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 41:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/41-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 41:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 41:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>