Isaiah 45:4

For Jacob [Supplanter] my servant’s sake, 2 and Israel [God prevails] my chosen, 1 I have called you by your name. 2 I have given you a title, 2 though you have not known me. 1

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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

3I will give you the treasures of darkness, 2 and hidden riches of secret places, 1 that you may know that it is I, Adonai, who call you by your name, 2 even the God of Israel [God prevails]. 1

5I am Yahweh [He sustains breathing], and there is no one else. 2 Besides me, there are no elohim ·gods, judges·. 1 I will strengthen you, 2 though you have not known me; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6you offspring of Abraham [Father of a multitude], + 105:6. Quoted in Rom 11:1 his servant, 2 you children of Jacob [Supplanter], his chosen ones. 1

Isaiah 43:3For I am Adonai your God, 2 haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], 2 the One who saves you. 1 I have given Egypt [Abode of slavery] as your ransom, 2 Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 1

Isaiah 44:1Yet sh'ma ·hear obey· now, Jacob [Supplanter] my servant, 2 and Israel [God prevails], whom I have chosen. 1

Mark 13:20Unless MarYah [Master Yahweh] had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

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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