Jesaja 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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Study Note
God addresses Israel directly as 'my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend' — three relational titles that ground Israel's election in service, choice, and friendship. The designation of Abraham as God's 'friend' (Hebrew: ohev, beloved) appears here in the prophets and is echoed in 2 Chronicles 20:7 and James 2:23 ('Abraham was called the friend of God'). This is the first of the 'fear not' oracles in Deutero-Isaiah (41:8-13), where God assures the returning exiles that their foundational relationship with him through the patriarchs remains intact despite the devastation of exile. The servant identity given to Israel here is then concentrated in the individual Servant of Isaiah 42-53, read christologically in the New Testament.
Andere Übersetzungen
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
--And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
Querverweise
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Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.