Isaiah 45:4

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…for the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen one—and I have called you by your name; I give you a name, though you have not known Me.

Latin

…propter servum meum Jacob, et Israël, electum meum; et vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Isaiah 45:4–5

I 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.

Isaiah 44:24–45:8

The Lord alone is sovereign over history. He raised up Cyrus of Persia to execute judgment on Babylon and restore Israel to the Holy Land.

Theme notes and profiles

Cyrus II Isaiah The Medes and Persians God’s Servant Hardened Hearts Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 41:8–9
“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Romans 11:7
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Acts 17:23
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.
Isaiah 44:1
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
Mark 13:20
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.
Matthew 24:22
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.
Isaiah 44:28–45:1
…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.’”
Jeremiah 50:17–20
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.”
Romans 9:6
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
Galatians 4:8–9
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Isaiah 43:14
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.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 36:22–23 Ezra 1:1–4

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Assumption of Moses Book of Baruch Church Congregation Isaiah, Book of Messiah New Creation, New Creature Ransom

Topics

Call: To Special Religious Duty: Cyrus Cyrus: Prophecies Concerning Election of Grace of Israel God: Knowledge of God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The Isaiah: Prophecies Medo-Persian Kingdom: Predictions Respecting: Deliverance of the Jews Persia: Cyrus

Isaiah 45:4

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