Isaiah 42:1
Holman 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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:1 DSS read His justice
Isaiah 42:1
King James Version
42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
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Isaiah 43:10
Holman 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)
Isaiah 43:10
King James Version
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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Isaiah 43:20
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20 The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,(A)
to give drink to My chosen people.
Isaiah 43:20
King James Version
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
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Isaiah 44:1-2
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Spiritual Blessing
44 “And now listen, Jacob My servant,
Israel whom I have chosen.(A)
2 This is the word of the Lord
your Maker who formed you from the womb;
He[a] will help you:
Do not fear; Jacob is My servant;
I have chosen Jeshurun.[b](B)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:2 Lit from the womb, and He
- Isaiah 44:2 = Upright One, referring to Israel
Isaiah 44:1-2
King James Version
44 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
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Isaiah 45:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant(A)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
Isaiah 45:4
King James Version
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
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Isaiah 49:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer(A) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,[a](B)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes[b] will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel(C)—and He has chosen you.”(D)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:7 Or by the nation
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit princes and they
Isaiah 49:7
King James Version
7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
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Isaiah 65:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 I 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)
Isaiah 65:9
King James Version
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
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Isaiah 65:15
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15 You 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)
Isaiah 65:15
King James Version
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
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Isaiah 65:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 They 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.
Isaiah 65:22
King James Version
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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