אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֙יךָ֙ מִקְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵאֲצִילֶ֖יהָ קְרָאתִ֑יךָ וָאֹ֤מַר לְךָ֙ עַבְדִּי־אַ֔תָּה בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֥א מְאַסְתִּֽיךָ׃
engkau yang telah Kuambil dari ujung-ujung bumi dan Kupanggil dari antara para pembesarnya, dan kepadamu Aku berfirman, “Engkau adalah hamba-Ku; Aku telah memilih engkau dan tidak menolak engkau”;
Rashi
whom I grasped Heb. הֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָ. I took you for My share. Comp. (Ex. 4:4) “And he stretched out his hand and grasped (וַיְּחֲזֵק) it.”
Ibn Ezra
From the ends of the earth. The Israelites were in Babylon, far away from their own land.
Rashi
I called you by name for My share, “My firstborn son, Israel” (ibid. v. 22).
Rashi
and I did not despise you like Esau, as it is said (Malachi 1:3), “And Esau I hated.”