Bible Strands
Isaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses the nations (north and south), commanding the release of His exiled people. This is the gathering decree in Isaiah 43, spoken to Israel in Babylon.
The words — The verse stacks three Hebrew verbs—בָּרָא (bara, "created"), יָצַר (yatsar, "formed"), עָשָׂה (asah, "made")—a triad denoting the full scope of divine making from nothing through shaping to completion.
The thread — Isaiah 43:21 tightens the purpose clause ("the people I formed for Myself will declare My praise"), and Ephesians 2:10 and 1:12 transpose the same logic into the New Testament: created in Christ for good works, for the praise of His glory.
Why it lands — The verse removes the reader from the center of their own story: identity is "called by My name" and purpose is "for My glory," not self-authored. It demands that one stop negotiating the terms of one's existence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Isaiah 43:21 The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Ephesians 1:12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
- 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Romans 9:23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
- Isaiah 62:2 Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Psalms 100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Isaiah 48:11 For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Isaiah 56:5 I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.