Isaiah 45:4

For Jacob my servant's sake,and Israel my chosen,I have called you by your name.I have surnamed you,though you have not known me.

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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,and hidden riches of secret places,that you may know that it is I, the Lord, who call you by your name,even the God of Israel.

5I am the Lord, and there is none else.Besides me, there is no God.I will strengthen you,though you have not known me;

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6you seed of Abraham, his servant,you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel,your Savior.I have given Egypt as your ransom,Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

Isaiah 44:1Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,and Israel, whom I have chosen.

Jeremiah 50:17'Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

Mark 13:20Unless the Lord 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.

Romans 9:6But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of 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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