He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

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Cross-references (16)

Passages linked to Isaiah 49:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 42:1 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
  • 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • Isaiah 44:23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
  • Isaiah 52:13 Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.
  • John 17:1 Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
  • Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
  • John 17:4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
  • Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
  • Luke 2:10-14 The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
  • John 13:31-32 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
  • Isaiah 43:21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
  • Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
  • John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
  • John 15:8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
  • Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
  • Philippians 2:6-11 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain By Israel is meant Christ, and all the body…

By Israel is meant Christ, and all the body of the faithful, as the members, and their head.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Glory. In the Church, God is adored in spirit…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Israel--applied to Messiah, according to the true import of…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel — Already…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. The word Israel may be read either as…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) Thou art my servant, O Israel.—Not that the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou art my Servant, O Israel. That the literal…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And said unto me, Thou art My servant
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 49:3 The suffering servant would come out of Israel…

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