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Isaiah 45:4
4I have called you on behalf of my people, to help my servant, Jacob's descendants. They are Israel's people, that I have chosen for myself. You do not know me as your God, but I have given to you an important name.
Isaiah 45:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
Context of Isaiah 45:4
2I will go in front of you, and I will make the mountains flat. I will break bronze gates into pieces, and I will cut through iron bars. 3I will take valuable things that people have stored in secret places, and I will give them to you. Then you will know that I am the Lord, Israel's God. I am the one who calls you by your name. I have called you on behalf of my people, to help my servant, Jacob's descendants. They are Israel's people, that I have chosen for myself. You do not know me as your God, but I have given to you an important name. 5I am the Lord and there is nobody else like me. There is no other God, except me. You do not know me as your God, but I will make you strong to fight battles. 6Then all over the world, from east to west, people will know that there is no other God. Yes, I am the Lord and there is nobody else like me.
Read all of Isaiah 45Isaiah 45:4 word by word
לְמַ֙עַן֙ עַבְדִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּחִירִ֑י וָאֶקְרָ֤א לְךָ֙ בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ אֲכַנְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
- my servant’sעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- sake, and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- mine electבָּחִירbâchîyr · chosenH972
- I have even calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- thee by thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- I have surnamedכָּנָהkânâh · to flatterH3655
- thee, though thou hast not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
Cross-references for Isaiah 45:4
- Isaiah 41:8‘But you, Israel, are my servant. Yes, I have chosen you, descendants of Jacob. You are descendants of my friend, Abraham.
- Isaiah 43:3I am the Lord, your God, so I will rescue you. I am Israel's Holy God, your Saviour. I gave Egypt as the price to buy you back. I gave Ethiopia and Seba to their enemies, so that you could be free.
- Isaiah 44:1‘Israelites, Jacob's descendants, listen to me! I have chosen you to be my servant.’
- Exodus 19:5Now you must be careful to obey me and my covenant with you. Then you will belong to me as my special people. The whole earth belongs to me, and I have chosen you from among all the nations.
- Jeremiah 50:17‘Israel's enemies have chased them away to many different places. They are like sheep that hungry lions have chased away. The first to catch them was the king of Assyria. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed them, like a lion that broke their bones.’
- Matthew 24:22God will cause those days of great trouble to be not so many. If he did not do that, there would be nobody still alive. But God will cause those days to come to an end. He will do that to help the people that he has chosen.
- Mark 13:20The Lord God will cause those days of very bad trouble to come to an end. If he did not do that, there would be nobody still alive. But God will cause those days to be not too many. He will do that to help the people that he has chosen.
- Romans 9:6God promised good things to Israel's people. But I am not saying that what God promised did not happen. It is clear that not all of Israel's people are God's true people.
- Romans 11:7So we can say this: Israel's people did not all find what they were looking for. Only those people that God had chosen received it. But the other people of Israel became unable to understand God's message.
- Isaiah 45:1The Lord says this to Cyrus, the king that he has chosen to serve him: ‘I hold your right hand. I give you power over other nations, to take away the weapons of their kings. I will open the gates of cities in front of you, and they will stay open.
- Isaiah 44:28I say about King Cyrus, “He is my shepherd. He will do what I want him to do.” He will give a command about Jerusalem. He will say, “Build the city again!” He will say about the temple, “Build its foundation.” ’
- Acts 17:23I have walked in the streets of your city. I see that you have built many special places where you worship your gods. I saw one altar with a notice on it. The notice said, “To the god that we do not know.” This shows that you want to worship a god that you do not know. Now I will tell you clearly about who this God is.
- Galatians 4:8Before, when you did not know God, you served false gods. They were not gods at all, but you were their slaves.
- Ephesians 2:12At that time, you did not know about Christ, God's special Messiah. You did not belong to the nation of Israel's people. You did not know about the good things that God had promised to his people. You were living in this world with nothing good to hope for. You were living without God's help.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5People who do not know God strongly want to have sex in a wrong way. They cannot control themselves. You must not be like those people.
Commentaries on Isaiah 45:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For Jacob my servant‘s sake - (see the note at Isaiah 42:19). The statement here is, that God had raised up Cyrus on account of his own people. The sentiment is common in the Bible, that kings and nations are in the hand of God; and that he overrules and directs their actions for the accomplishment of his own purposes, and especially to protect, defend, and deliver his people (see the note at Isaiah 10:5; compare Isaiah 47:6). I have surnamed thee - On…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5I call you by name: Cyrus did not know the Lord, but the Lord knew him. Isaiah predicted the rescuer Cyrus by name 150 years before he was born. This prophecy would show the exiles that the Lord is truly God and that he knows the future.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (See on Is 41:8; Is 43:14). surnamed--that is, designated to carry out My design of restoring Judah (see on Is 44:5; Is 44:28; Is 45:1). Maurer here, as in Is 44:5, translates, "I have addressed thee by an honorable name." hast not known me--previous to My calling thee to this office; after God's call, Cyrus did know Him in some degree (Ezr 1:1-3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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