44:1 “Now, listen, Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!”
44:2 This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says –
the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:
“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,
Jeshurun, 1 whom I have chosen!
41:8 “You, my servant Israel,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend, 2
41:9 you whom I am bringing back 3 from the earth’s extremities,
and have summoned from the remote regions –
I told you, “You are my servant.”
I have chosen you and not rejected you.
43:1 Now, this is what the Lord says,
the one who created you, O Jacob,
and formed you, O Israel:
“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect 4 you.
I call you by name, you are mine.
43:7 everyone who belongs to me, 5
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed – yes, whom I made!
43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, 6
the one who created Israel, your king.”
1 sn Jeshurun is a poetic name for Israel; it occurs here and in Deut 32:15; 33:5, 26.
2 tn Or perhaps, “covenantal partner” (see 1 Kgs 5:15 HT [5:1 ET]; 2 Chr 20:7).
3 tn Heb “whom I have taken hold of [i.e., to lead back].”
4 tn Or “redeem.” See the note at 41:14. Cf. NCV “saved you”; CEV “rescued you”; NLT “ransomed you.”
5 tn Heb “everyone who is called by my name” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
6 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.