Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of avdi Ya'akov, 1 and Yisroel My Bachir, 1 I have even called thee by thy shem (name); 1 I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 thee the otzarot choshech, 1 and hidden riches of mistarim (secret places) 1 that thou mayest know that I, Hashem, 1 Who call thee by thy shem (name), am Elohei Yisroel. 1

5I am Hashem, and there is none other, 1 there is no Elohim besides Me; 1 I equipped thee, though thou hast not known Me; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6O ye zera Avraham His eved, 1 ye Bnei Ya'akov His Bechirim (chosen ones). 1

Isaiah 43:3For I am Hashem Eloheicha, 1 the Kadosh Yisroel, thy Moshi'a: 1 I gave Mitzrayim for thy kofer (ransom), 1 Kush and Seva in thy place. 1

Isaiah 44:1Yet now hear, O Ya'akov Avdi; 1 and Yisroel, whom I have chosen; 1

Jeremiah 50:17Yisroel is a seh pezurah (scattered sheep); the aryot (lions) have driven him away; first Melech Ashur (King of Assyria) hath devoured him; and last this Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel hath broken his atzmot.

Mark 13:20And unless Hashem makes those yamim shortened, no one would be delivered in the Yeshu'at Eloheinu. But for the sake of the Bechirim, whom Hashem chose, he shortened the yamim.

Romans 9:6But it is not as though the Dvar Hashem has failed. For not all those descended from Yisroel are truly redeemed Yisroel [of the eschatological Geulah Redemption].

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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