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23 Bible Verses About Israel

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  • Israel is the name given to Jacob after he wrestled through the night, “for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed” (Genesis 32:28).
  • Deuteronomy 7:7-8 says God chose Israel not for its size, since it was “the fewest of all peoples,” but because he loved it and kept his oath to its fathers.
  • The decree of Cyrus that closes 2 Chronicles opens Ezra, sending exiles back to rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
  • Jeremiah 31:31 promises a new covenant “with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,” with the law written on the heart; Hebrews 8 quotes the passage.
  • Paul answers “has God rejected his people?” with “By no means!” (Romans 11:1), and says the gifts and calling of God are “irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).

In the Bible, Israel is the name God gives to one man, and then to the nation that comes from him. Jacob receives the name in Genesis 32:28, and Deuteronomy 7:6 calls his descendants a people God chose “for his treasured possession.” The Old Testament follows that nation from the promise to Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3) through exile (2 Chronicles 36:20-21), the return under Cyrus (Ezra 1:1-3) and the new covenant promised to “the house of Israel and the house of…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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