Isaiah 45:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 105:6

You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!

Psalm 136:22

A heritage for Israel, his servant, for his mercy endures forever.

Isaiah 43:1

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, Jacob, and formed you, Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine.

Isaiah 43:14

Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I send to Babylon; I will bring down all her defenses, and the Chaldeans shall cry out in lamentation.

Isaiah 44:1

Hear then, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 44:28

I say of Cyrus, My shepherd! He carries out my every wish, Saying of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Lay its foundations.”

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened.

Mark 13:20

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect whom he chose, he did shorten the days.

Acts 17:23

For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines, I even discovered an altar inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ What therefore you unknowingly worship, I proclaim to you.

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel was seeking it did not attain, but the elect attained it; the rest were hardened,

Romans 9:6

But it is not that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel,

Ephesians 2:12

were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion as do the Gentiles who do not know God;