Isaiah 46:3

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Summary

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

The remnant

Borne

General references

Luke 1:54

2 Corinthians 1:10

Bible References

The remnant

If Jehovah of Hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea. Yet only a remnant within them will return. Overwhelming and righteous destruction has been decreed.

Then it will happen in that day that Jehovah will again recover the second time with his hand the remnant of his people. They will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Perhaps Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh. His master the king of Assyria has sent him to reproach the living God! He will rebuke the words Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that survives.'

Borne

Listen, O Jacob, my servant, Listen Israel, whom I have chosen.

Listen to this, you islands! Pay attention you people far away. Jehovah chose me long before I was born. He recorded my name while I was in my mother's womb.

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

You have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on the wings of eagles and brought you to me.

You saw how Jehovah your God carried you like a father carries his son all the way until you reached this place.'

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its wings,

You are the one who brought me out of the womb. You made me feel safe at my mother's breasts.

I have relied on you all my life. You have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.

When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!'

General references

He has helped Israel his servant that he might remember mercy.

God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!