KJV King James Version
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
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Isaiah 44:21
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
WEB World English Bible
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
ASV American Standard Version
Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou art, I formed thee, a servant to Me thou art, O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 44
18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done [it]: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
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זְכָר־H2142 · za.kharto rememberאֵ֣לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעַבְדִּי־H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveאָ֑תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָH3335 · ya.tsarto form: formedעֶֽבֶד־H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveלִי֙H9030 · nimeאַ֔תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִנָּשֵֽׁנִי׃H5382 · na.shahto forget
Cross-references
Isaiah 44:1-2Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:Isaiah 49:15-16Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.Isaiah 43:15I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.Zechariah 10:9And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.Isaiah 46:8-9Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.Deuteronomy 31:19-21Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.Romans 11:28-29As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers’ sakes.Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.Isaiah 42:23Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come?Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.Isaiah 43:7[Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.Isaiah 41:8-9But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
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