Isaiah 45:4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you…”

Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.

American Standard Version

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Iaakob my seruants sake, and Israel mine elect, I will euen call thee by thy name and name thee, though thou hast not knowen me.

Darby Translation

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;

Young's Literal Translation

For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

Bible in Basic English

Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

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Cross references

“Jacob”

Isaiah 44:1 Romans 11:7 Isaiah 43:14 Jeremiah 50:17–20 Matthew 24:22 Mark 13:20

Isaiah 44:1 · BSB

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Romans 11:7 · BSB

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

Isaiah 43:14 · BSB

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

Jeremiah 50:17–20 · BSB

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Matthew 24:22 · BSB

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Mark 13:20 · BSB

If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.

“I have even”

Isaiah 45:1 Isaiah 44:28

Isaiah 45:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Isaiah 44:28 · BSB

who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

“though”

Acts 17:23 Ephesians 2:12 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Galatians 4:8 Galatians 4:9

Acts 17:23 · BSB

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 · BSB

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Galatians 4:8 · BSB

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

Galatians 4:9 · BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,

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