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.

Cross References

Psalm 105:6

you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Psalm 136:22

an inheritance to his servant Israel. His love endures forever.

Isaiah 43:1

But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

Isaiah 43:14

This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.

Isaiah 44:1

“But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 44:28

who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” ’

Matthew 24:22

“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Mark 13:20

“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.

Acts 17:23

For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

Romans 11:7

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,

Romans 9:6

It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;