Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 44:1

"Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:" — Isaiah 44:1 (ASV)

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

After all these charges, you see, the love of God to his chosen people is still the same.

Paul could rightly say, I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sin is an exceedingly evil and bitter thing, but even that shall not divide us from the love of God, for, while we were yet sinners, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

So in this, grace triumphs over sin and lays our follies beneath its feet.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

See, the chapter begins with a "yet." There is a great deal in God's "yets." Notwithstanding all the sin and provocation mentioned in the previous chapter, the Lord still reveals His mercy and goodness to His ancient people.