Isaiah Chapter 44 verse 1 Holy Bible
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
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And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:
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And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Yet now hear, Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
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And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-5. - A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This section is closely connected with ch. 43, of which it ought to form the conclusion. The prophet cannot bear to leave Israel under a ban - its spiritual guides "profaned," and itself given over to "reproaches." He must end with a brighter prospect. Accordingly, he holds out, in the present passage, the double hope (1) of the blessing of an abundant outpouring of the Spirit, to take the place of the preceding "curse" (Isaiah 43:28); and (2) of a pressing of proselytes into the renovated Church, who will hold it in honour, instead of making it the object of their "reproaches." Verse 1. - Yet now hear; i.e. "be not dismayed at what has been said. Listen a little longer." O Jacob my servant, etc. A recurrence to the terms of endearment used in Isaiah 41:8, showing that words of favour and' promise are about to follow.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXLIV.(1) Yet�now hear . . .--The thoughts of Israel are turned from their own sins to the unchanging love of God, and that is the ground of their hope.
