Isaiah 45:4

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

2“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through. 3I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the Lord, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel. For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me. 5I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me. 6I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 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“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.
• Isaiah 44:1“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”
• Exodus 19:5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
• Jeremiah 50:17“The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
• Matthew 24:22And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
• Mark 13:20And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
• Romans 9:6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
• Romans 11:7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:
• Isaiah 44:28who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’”
• Acts 17:23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
• Galatians 4:8Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
• Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

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