Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 43:1

1 BUt now thus saith the LORD that created thee , O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee , I have called thee by thy name , thou art mine.

But notwithstanding thy gross insensibleness under former judgments, for which I might justly send far heavier ones upon thee, yet I will deal mercifully with thee.

That made thee his people, and that in so miraculous a manner, as if he had created thee a second time out of nothing; and th[illegible: 1+ letters]refore he will be gracious to his own workmanship.

From the Egyptians, and divers other enemies; and therefore I will redeem thee again.

By the name of Gods People, which was as proper and peculiar to them, as the name of Israel.