King James Version
Isaiah 44:1 in the King James Version says “Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:”
Isaiah 44:1 · KJV
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Yet now hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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