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The Lord Encourages His People

“You, my servant Israel,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend,[a]

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  1. Isaiah 41:8 tn Or perhaps, “covenantal partner” (see 1 Kgs 5:15 HT [5:1 ET]; 2 Chr 20:7).

Our God, you drove out[a] the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession[b] to the descendants of your friend[c] Abraham.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:7 tn Heb “did you not drive out . . . ?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:7 tn Heb “permanently.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:7 tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.

23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,”[a] and he was called God’s friend.[b]

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  1. James 2:23 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  2. James 2:23 sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.”