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Since you have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life.
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A God-Given Honor
Commentators unanimously stress that being "precious" and "honorable" is not due to any personal merit. Instead, this status is a gift from God, flowing from His undeserved love. John Calvin notes that if God judged us on our own, "he will not value us a straw." Our worth is found entirely in how He sees us through Christ.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Since thou wast precious in my sight - This verse contains another reason why God would defend and deliver them. That reason was, t…
19th Century
Baptist
the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast b…
16th Century
Protestant
Because you were precious. Others interpret it, “You were honorable, because I raised you to honor;” but I think that God assigns the reas…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Since you were precious in my sight As the saints are; not that they are valuable in themselves; they have no intrin…
God's favor and goodwill to his people speak abundant comfort to all believers. The new creature, wherever it is, is of God's forming. All who are …
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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