Isaiah 45:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Psalm 105:6

You belong to the family of Abraham, his servant; you are his chosen ones, the descendants of Jacob.

Psalm 136:22

He gave their land to Israel, the people who serve him. God's love never fails.

Isaiah 43:1

Descendants of Jacob, I, the LORD, created you and formed your nation. Israel, don't be afraid. I have rescued you. I have called you by name; now you belong to me.

Isaiah 43:14

I, the LORD, will rescue you! I am Israel's holy God, and this is my promise: For your sake, I will send an army against Babylon to drag its people away, crying as they go.

Isaiah 44:1

People of Israel, I have chosen you as my servant.

Isaiah 44:28

I am also the one who says, “Cyrus will lead my people and obey my orders. Jerusalem and the temple will be rebuilt.”

Matthew 24:22

If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.

Mark 13:20

If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.

Acts 17:23

As I was going through your city and looking at the things you worship, I found an altar with the words, “To an Unknown God.” You worship this God, but you don't really know him. So I want to tell you about him.

Romans 11:7

This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,

Romans 9:6

It cannot be said that God broke his promise. After all, not all the people of Israel are the true people of God.

Ephesians 2:12

At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises that God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God,

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Don't be a slave of your desires or live like people who don't know God.