Isaiah 45:4

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Summary

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.

Jacob

I have even

Isaiah 45:1

Isaiah 44:28

Though

Bible References

Jacob

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

"But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

"Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.

And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

I have even

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:

who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'"

Though

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

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

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;