Isaiah 45:4
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
“And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
“For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

NASB 1995
“For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

NASB 1977
“For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

Amplified Bible
“For the sake of Jacob My servant, And of Israel My chosen, I have also called you by your name; I have given you an honorable name Though you have not known Me.

Christian Standard Bible
I call you by your name, for the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I call you by your name, because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of my Servant Yaqob and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name, and I have named you, and you have not known me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.

Contemporary English Version
Cyrus, you don't even know me! But I have called you by name and highly honored you because of Israel, my chosen servant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by name. I have given you a title of honor, although you don't know me.

Good News Translation
I appoint you to help my servant Israel, the people that I have chosen. I have given you great honor, although you do not know me.

International Standard Version
For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.

Literal Standard Version
For the sake of My servant Jacob, | And of Israel My chosen, | I also call you by your name, I surname you, | And you have not known Me.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel my chosen one, I have called you by name, giving you a title, though you do not know me.

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.

New Heart English Bible
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my 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.

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.

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Context
God Calls Cyrus
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. 4For 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. 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,…

Cross References
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.

Psalm 136:22
a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.

Isaiah 41:8
"But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend--

Isaiah 41:9
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, 'You are My servant.' I have chosen and not rejected you.

Isaiah 43:1
Now this is what the LORD says--He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

Isaiah 44:1
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.


Treasury of Scripture

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

Jacob

Isaiah 41:8,9
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend…

Isaiah 43:3,4,14
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee…

Isaiah 44:1
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

I Have even

Isaiah 45:1
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;

Isaiah 44:28
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

though

Acts 17:23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Galatians 4:8,9
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods…

Ephesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

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Isaiah 45
1. God calls Cyrus for his church's sake
5. By his omnipotence he challenges obedience
20. He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power














(4) For Jacob my servant . . .--The words "servant" and "elect" show that the prophet speaks of the ideal Israel, the true Ecclesia, rather than of the nation as such outwardly, though this also, as including the other, shared in the outward blessings of the election. Essentially, the words declare that the world's history is ordered with a view to the true Eeclesia.

Called thee by thy name.--Either as predicting the actual name of Koresh, or as giving the titles of "Messiah" and "shepherd." The surname clearly refers to these.

Though thou hast not known me.--Better, when thou didst not know me, either as referring to a time prior to the recognition by Cyrus of Jehovah as the God of heaven (Ezra 1:1-2), or, possibly, prior to his birth (comp. Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5).

Verse 4. - For Jacob my servant's sake. This second motive is, in a certain sense, the main one. Cyrus is raised up, especially, to perform God's pleasure with respect to Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 44:26-28). Jacob, his Church, is more important in God's eyes than any individual. No doubt his Church is maintained, in part, that it may be "a light to lighten the Gentiles;" but it is not maintained solely: or even mainly, for this end. Its welfare is an end in itself, and would be sought by God apart from any further consequence. Israel mine elect (comp. Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 44:1). I have surnamed thee; i.e. "given thee designations of honour," e.g. "my anointed" (ver. 1); "my shepherd" (Isaiah 44:28); "he who shall do all my pleasure" (Isaiah 44:28). Though thou hast not known me; rather, though thou didst not know me. Cyrus's honours, his titles, his mention by name, etc., were accumulated upon him before his birth, when he knew nothing of God, when, therefore, he had in no way merited them. Thus all was done, not for his sake, but lot the sake of Israel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the sake
לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

of Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

My servant
עַבְדִּ֣י (‘aḇ·dî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

and Israel
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (wə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

My chosen one,
בְּחִירִ֑י (bə·ḥî·rî)
Adjective - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 972: Select

I call
וָאֶקְרָ֤א (wā·’eq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

you by name;
בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ (biš·me·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

I have given you a title of honor,
אֲכַנְּךָ֖ (’ă·ḵan·nə·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3655: To address by an additional name, to eulogize

though you have not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

known Me.
יְדַעְתָּֽנִי׃ (yə·ḏa‘·tā·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know


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