Psalms 33:12
33:12 How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
Deuteronomy 7:6-7
7:6 For you are a people holy
to the
Lord your God. He
has chosen you to be his people, prized
above all others on the face of the earth.
The Basis of Israel’s Election
7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
Deuteronomy 10:15
10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he
show his loving favor,
and he chose you, their descendants,
from all peoples – as is apparent today.
Deuteronomy 10:1
The Opportunity to Begin Again
10:1 At that same time the Lord said to me, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark.
Deuteronomy 12:22
12:22 Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.
Isaiah 41:8
The Lord Encourages His People
41:8 “You, my servant Israel,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend,
Isaiah 43:20-21
43:20 The wild animals of the desert honor me,
the jackals and ostriches,
because I put water in the desert
and streams in the wilderness,
to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
43:21 the people whom I formed for myself,
so they might praise me.”
Zechariah 2:10-12
2:10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord.
2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
2:12 The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
Zechariah 2:1
Vision Three: The Surveyor
2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah 2:9
2:9 “I am about to punish them
in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me.