以赛亚书 41:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

　神必扶助其子民但你以色列，我的僕人啊！雅各，我所揀選、我朋友亞伯拉罕的後裔啊！

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
惟 你 以 色 列 ─ 我 的 仆 人 ， 雅 各 ─ 我 所 拣 选 的 ， 我 朋 友 亚 伯 拉 罕 的 後 裔 ，

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord says, "Faraway countries, listen to me. Let the nations become strong. Come to me and speak; we will meet together to decide who is right. ² "Who caused the one to come from the east? Who gives him victories everywhere he goes? The one who brought him gives nations over to him and defeats kings. He uses his sword, and kings become like dust. He uses his bow, and they are blown away like chaff. ³ He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before. ⁴ Who caused this to happen? Who has controlled history since the beginning? I, the Lord , am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished." ⁵ All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me. ⁶ The workers help each other and say to each other, "Be strong!" ⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the workman who smooths the metal with a hammer encourages the one who shapes the metal. He says, "This metal work is good." He nails the statue to a base so it can't fall over. ⁸ The Lord says, "People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham. ⁹ I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, ‘You are my servants.' I have chosen you and have not turned against you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 44:1, Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 48:12, Isaiah 49:3, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 25:42, Deuteronomy 7:6-8, Deuteronomy 10:15, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalms 33:12, Psalms 105:6, Psalms 105:42-45, Psalms 135:4, Jeremiah 33:24

the seed: Matthew 3:9, John 8:33-44, Romans 4:12, Romans 4:13, Romans 9:4-8, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 4:22-31

my friend: 2 Chronicles 20:7, John 15:14, John 15:15, James 2:23

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:37 - because Nehemiah 9:7 - choose Psalms 47:9 - the God Psalms 103:17 - unto children's Psalms 119:94 - I am thine Proverbs 27:10 - own Isaiah 29:22 - who redeemed Isaiah 45:4 - Jacob Isaiah 63:7 - mention Isaiah 63:8 - Surely Jeremiah 2:21 - wholly Ezekiel 16:8 - thy time Ezekiel 20:5 - In the Zechariah 1:17 - choose Malachi 1:2 - I have Matthew 1:2 - Isaac begat Mark 12:26 - I am Luke 12:4 - my John 11:11 - he saith Acts 13:17 - God Acts 13:26 - children Romans 11:28 - but Galatians 3:14 - the blessing Ephesians 1:4 - as Hebrews 11:16 - to be 1 Peter 2:9 - a chosen

Cross-References

Genesis 40:6
When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw they were worried.

Genesis 40:8
The two men answered, "We both had dreams last night, but no one can explain their meaning to us." Joseph said to them, "God is the only One who can explain the meaning of dreams. Tell me your dreams."

Genesis 41:1
Two years later the king dreamed he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

Genesis 41:6
After that, seven more heads of grain sprang up, but they were thin and burned by the hot east wind.

Genesis 41:8
The next morning the king was troubled about these dreams, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. The king told them his dreams, but no one could explain their meaning to him.

Genesis 41:9
Then the chief officer who served wine to the king said to him, "Now I remember something I promised to do, but I forgot about it.

Genesis 41:11
In prison we each had a dream on the same night, and each dream had a different meaning.

Genesis 41:12
A young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, was in the prison with us. When we told him our dreams, he explained their meanings to us. He told each man the meaning of his dream, and

Genesis 41:13
things happened exactly as he said they would: I was given back my old position, and the baker was hanged."

Genesis 41:14
So the king called for Joseph. The guards quickly brought him out of the prison, and he shaved, put on clean clothes, and went before the king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thou, Israel, art my servant,.... As the great spread and success of the Gospel could not fail of drawing the resentment of the idolatrous Heathens on those who embraced and professed it, and by whom they were grievously persecuted under the Roman emperors; wherefore, to support them under these trials, the Lord speaks these and the following comfortable words unto them; for not carnal, but spiritual Israel are here meant; such who by the power of divine grace were turned from idols to serve the living God, who were made willing to become his servants, and whose honour it was to be so called and accounted; and being so, they might be assured their Lord and Master would protect and defend them, bless and reward them:

Jacob whom I have chosen; Israelites indeed, Jacob like, plain hearted men, wrestling and prevailing ones in prayer with God, whom he chose to be his people, and peculiar treasure; who, though disallowed of men, were like their Lord and Saviour, chosen of God, and precious:

the seed of Abraham my friend: the spiritual seed of Abraham, being believers in Christ, and friends of his, as Abraham was; and whom he uses and shows to be such, by disclosing his secrets to them,

John 15:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, Israel, art my servant - This is an address directly to the Jews, and is designed to show them, in view of the truths which had just been urged, that God was their protector and friend. Those who relied on idols were trusting to that which could not aid them. But those who trusted in him were safe. For their protection he had raised up Cyrus, for this purpose he had subdued the nations before him. God now expresses to them the assurance that though the nations should be destroyed, yet that he had chosen them, and would remember them, and his promise made to Abraham, their illustrious ancestor. The word ‘servant’ here is used in a mild and gentle sense, not to denote bondage or slavery, but to denote that they had been engaged in his service, and that he regarded them as subject to his laws, and as under his protection.

Jacob whom I have chosen - The descendants of Jacob, whom I have selected to be my people. Abraham my friend. Hebrew, ‘Loving me,’ my lover. Abraham was regarded as the friend of God (see 2 Chronicles 20:7). ‘And he was called the Friend of God’ James 2:23. This most honorable appellation he deserved by a life of devoted piety, and by habitually submitting himself to the will of God. The idea in this verse is, that as they were the descendants of his friend, God deemed himself bound to protect and deliver them according to his gracious promises; and this is one of the many instances where the divine favor is manifested to descendants in consequence of the piety and prayers of their ancestors.