Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3Then will I give thee The treasures of darkness, Even the hoards of hidden places,—That thou mayest get to know That I—Yahweh, who am calling thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

5I, am Yahweh, and there is none else, Besides me, there is no God,—I gird thee, though thou hast not known me:

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Cross References

Psalms 105:6O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:

Isaiah 43:3For, I,—Yahweh, am, Thy God, The Holy One of Israel Ready to save thee,—I have given, as thy ransom, Egypt, Ethiopia and Seba, in thy stead.

Isaiah 44:1Now, then—hear, O Jacob, my Servant,—and Israel whom I have chosen:

Jeremiah 50:17A sheep all alone, is Israel Lions, have driven him away,—At the first, the king of Assyria devoured him, And here, at the last, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones!

Mark 13:20And, save that the Lord hath shortened the days, no flesh should be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen of whom he hath made choice, he hath shortened the days.

Romans 9:6It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are 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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