Isaiah 43:1

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Key Reflection

But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.” In the original context, this passage reassures the exiles of Israel that despite their suffering and displacement, God remains their ultimate protector and redeemer. The use of names like Jacob and Israel evokes a long history of covenantal relationships between God and His people, emphasizing that God’s care for them transcends temporal hardships.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But now -This expression shows that this chapter is connected with the preceding. The sense is, “Though God has punished the nation, and showed them his displeasureIsaiah 42:24-25, yet now he will have mercy, and will deliver them.’ That created thee -The word ‘thee’ is used here evidently in a collective sense as denoting the Jewish people. It is used because the names ‘Jacob’ and ‘Israel’ in the singular number are applied to the people. The word ‘created’ is used here to denote the idea that, as the special people of God, they owed their origin to him, as the universe owed its origin to his creative power.

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