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the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
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Formed for His Praise
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse reveals the primary reason God chooses and forms a people for Himself: to declare His praise. John Calvin clarifies this isn't just about physical creation but spiritual regeneration. Our salvation and calling have a divine purpose—to bring glory to God through our words and lives.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This people have I formed for myself—to preserve the remembrance of my name; to transmit the knowledge of the true God to future times, and …
19th Century
Baptist
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
But a sorrowful but; and the strain sinks from a tri…
16th Century
Protestant
This people have I created for myself. The Prophet means that the Lord will necessarily do what he previously said, because it concerns hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This people have I formed for myself The Gentiles, compared to a desert and wilderness, wild and uncultivated, disti…
The deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but there is reference to greater events. The redemption of sinners by Christ, the conversion of the Gent…
13th Century
Catholic
And now thus says the LORD. Here he shows them divine love through the remedies he granted them in their difficulties. This is d…
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