Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I will call you by your name, and accept you: but you have not known me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

In Context

3And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen treasures, that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.

5For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened you, and you have not known me.

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously. 1

Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and given Soene for you.

Isaiah 44:1But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:2-5

Prophecies Concerning Cyrus. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that… Read the whole commentary →

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