Isaiah 41:9 (GNV)

Passage

For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:7 So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.

Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 41:9 For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Isaiah 41:10 Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.

Isaiah 41:11 Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "haue", "taken", "thee", "endes", "earth", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But thou Israel art my seruant and..." into verse 10's "Feare thou not for I am with...", so "called" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.