Isaiah 45:4

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, 1 I have called you by your name, giving you a title of honor, though you have not known me. 1

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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 and riches hidden away, 1 that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, I, the God of Israel. 1

5I am Yahweh, and there is no other; there is no God but me. 1 I will arm you for battle, though you have not known me; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6you descendants of Abraham his servant, 1 you people of Jacob, his chosen ones. 1

Isaiah 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 1 I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 1

Isaiah 44:1Now listen, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen: 1

Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a sheep scattered and driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him; 1 then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.

Mark 13:20Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those whom he chose, he cut short the days.

Romans 9:6But it is not as though the promises of God have failed. For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to Israel.

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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