1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. …
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses:— I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel. Three things complete their happiness:— 1. The covenant-relations wherein they stand to God, Isa. 44:1 , 2 . Israel is here called Jeshurun—the upright one ; for…
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