Isaiah 45:4

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 105:6

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

Psalm 136:22

as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,

Isaiah 43:1

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 43:14

This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.

Isaiah 44:1

“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”

Isaiah 44:28

who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’”

Matthew 24:22

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

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

Acts 17:23

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

Romans 11:7

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

Romans 9:6

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

Ephesians 2:12

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

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.