“For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.”
— WEB
Isaiah 63:8
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.”
— KJV
“For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.”
— ASV
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Commentary
he--Jehovah "said," that is, thought, in choosing them as His covenant-people; so "said" (Psa 95:10). Not that God was ignorant that the Jews would not keep faith with Him; but God is here said, according to human modes of thought to say within Himself what He might naturally have expected, as the result of His goodness to the Jews; thus the enormity of their unnatural perversity is the more vividly set forth. lie--prove false to Me (compare Psa 44:17). so--in virtue of His having chosen them, He became their Saviour. So the "therefore" (Jer 31:33). His eternal choice is the ground of His actually saving men (Eph 1:3-4).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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