Isaiah 41:8-9

Christian Standard Bible

⁸But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
descendant of Abraham, my friend^(C)—
⁹I brought^[a] you from the ends of the earth
and called you from its farthest corners.
I said to you: You are my servant;
I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.^(D)

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41:9 Or seized

Isaiah 41:8-9

New International Version

⁸“But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
    you descendants of Abraham^(C) my friend,^(D)
⁹I took you from the ends of the earth,^(E)
    from its farthest corners I called^(F) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(G)
    I have chosen^(H) you and have not rejected you.

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Isaiah 42:1

Christian Standard Bible

The Servant’s Mission

42 “This^(A) is my servant;^(B) I strengthen him,
this is my chosen one;^(C) I delight in him.^(D)
I have put my Spirit on him;^(E)
he will bring justice^[a] to the nations.^(F)

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42:1 DSS read his justice

Isaiah 42:1

New International Version

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,^(A) whom I uphold,
my chosen one^(B) in whom I delight;^(C)
I will put my Spirit^(D) on him,
and he will bring justice^(E) to the nations.^(F)

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Isaiah 43:10

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰“You are my witnesses”^(A)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have chosen,^(B)
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.^(C)
No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.^(D)

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Isaiah 43:10

New International Version

¹⁰“You are my witnesses,^(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant^(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know^(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god^(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.^(E)

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Isaiah 43:20

Christian Standard Bible

²⁰Wild animals—
jackals and ostriches—will honor me,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,^(A)
to give drink to my chosen people.

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Isaiah 43:20

New International Version

²⁰The wild animals^(A) honor me,
the jackals^(B) and the owls,
because I provide water^(C) in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,

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Isaiah 44:1-2

Christian Standard Bible

Spiritual Blessing

44 “And now listen, Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen.^(A)
²This is the word of the Lord
your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb:
He will help you.
Do not fear, Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun^[a] whom I have chosen.^(B)

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44:2 = Upright One

Isaiah 44:1-2

New International Version

Israel the Chosen

44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,^(A)
    Israel, whom I have chosen.^(B)
²This is what the Lord says—
    he who made^(C) you, who formed you in the womb,^(D)
    and who will help^(E) you:
Do not be afraid,^(F) Jacob, my servant,^(G)
    Jeshurun,^[a]^(H) whom I have chosen.

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Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

Isaiah 45:4

Christian Standard Bible

⁴I call you by your name,
for the sake of my servant Jacob^(A)
and Israel my chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know me.

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Isaiah 45:4

New International Version

⁴For the sake of Jacob my servant,^(A)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge^(B) me.

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Isaiah 65:9

Christian Standard Bible

⁹I will produce descendants from Jacob,^(A)
and heirs to my mountains from Judah;
my chosen^(B) ones will possess it,
and my servants will dwell there.^(C)

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Isaiah 65:9

New International Version

⁹I will bring forth descendants^(A) from Jacob,
and from Judah those who will possess^(B) my mountains;
my chosen^(C) people will inherit them,
and there will my servants live.^(D)

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Isaiah 65:15

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵You will leave your name behind
as a curse for my chosen ones,^(A)
and the Lord God will kill you;
but he will give his servants another name.^(B)

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Isaiah 65:15

New International Version

¹⁵You will leave your name
for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(A)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.^(B)

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Isaiah 65:22

Christian Standard Bible

²²They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For my people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.^(A)
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.

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Isaiah 65:22

New International Version

²²No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(A)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(B)
    so will be the days^(C) of my people;
my chosen^(D) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

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