Isaiah 45:4

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
servant’s	עַבְדִּ֣י 'av.Di	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
Israel	וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ve.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
elect	בְּחִירִ֑י be.chi.Ri	H972	select · adjective, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
called	וָאֶקְרָ֤א va.'ek.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
name	בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ bish.Me.kha	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
surnamed	אֲכַנְּךָ֖ 'a.kha.ne.Kha	H3655	to address by an additional name · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
known	יְדַעְתָּֽנִי ye.da'.Ta.ni	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Isaiah 41:8-9 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all…
Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly wors…
Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, an…
Isaiah 44:28-45:1 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple,…
Jeremiah 50:17-20 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:1-4

Cyrus was a Mede, descended (as some say) from Astyages king of Media. The pagan writers are not agreed in their accounts of his origin. Some tell us that in his infancy he was an outcast, left exposed, and was saved from perishing by a herdsman's wife. However, it is agreed that, being a man of an active genius, he soon made himself very considerable, especially when Croesus king of Lydia made a descent upon his country, which he not only repulsed, but revenged, prosecuting the advantages he had gained against Croesus with such vigour that in a little time he took Sardis and made himself master of the rich kingdom of Lydia and the many provinces that then belonged to it. This made him very…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:4

(See on Isa 41:8; Isa 43:14). surnamed--that is, designated to carry out My design of restoring Judah (see on Isa 44:5; Isa 44:28; Isa 45:1). MAURER here, as in Isa 44:5, translates, "I have addressed thee by an honorable name." hast not known me--previous to My calling thee to this office; after God's call, Cyrus did know Him in some degree (Ezr 1:1-3).

John Gill on Isaiah 45:4

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name,.... Not so much for the sake of Cyrus, and to do honour to him, was it that he so long before he was born called him by his name; but to assure the people of the Jews, the Lord's chosen people, and who were his servants, of the certainty of their deliverance, their deliverer being mentioned by name; and it was for their sakes, and not his, that he called him, and raised him up to do such great things as he did, that he might deliver them from their captivity: and it is for the sake of God's elect, whom he has chosen to holiness and happiness, to serve him, and be with him for ever, that he has called Chr…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 45:4

For the sake of my servant Jacob. He shews for what purpose he would grant such happy and illustrious success to this prince. It is, in order that he may preserve his people; as if the Lord had said, "Thou shalt indeed obtain a signal victory, bur I will have regard to my own people rather than to thee; for it is for their sake that I subject kings and nations to thy power." By these predictions, indeed, the Lord intended to encourage the hearts of believers, that they might not despair amidst those distresses; but undoubtedly he intended likewise to excite Cyrus to acknowledge that he owed to that nation all that he should accomplish, that he might he more disposed to treat them with all ki…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 4) Because of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one, I have called you by your name: I have likened you to myself, and you have not known me. These things, he says, I attribute to you because of my servant Jacob, and my chosen Israel, and I called you by your name, just as I called Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and long before, I foretold you, Isaac and Josiah, so that you would not think that he is the Christ, to whom you are compared, and in whose type and image you have preceded. But you did not know me, that is, you worshiped idols, not God.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Isaiah, Book Of — I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah’s prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the present prosperity of Judah should be destroyed, and that Israel should be brought to desolation.…
Call · .CYRUS — .CYRUS
Cyrus · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Election · .Of Israel — .Of Israel
Medo-Persian Kingdom · Predictions respecting: Deliverance of the Jews — Predictions respecting: Deliverance of the Jews
Persia · Cyrus — Cyrus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 45:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:4

John Gill on Isaiah 45:4

John Calvin on Isaiah 45:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 45:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:4

John Gill on Isaiah 45:4

John Calvin on Isaiah 45:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 45:4-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 45:4-5

Rashi on Isaiah 45:4