“ And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

因我仆人雅各，我所拣选以色列的缘故，我就提名召你；你虽不认识我，我也加给你名号。

因我的仆人雅各，我所拣选的以色列，我提名召你；你虽不认识我，我也加给你名号。

因我的仆人雅各，我所拣选的以色列，我提名召你；你虽不认识我，我也加给你名号。

虽然你不认识我，但为了我的仆人雅各，我所拣选的以色列，我还是点名呼召你，赐给你一个尊贵的名号。

因我的仆人雅各和我所拣选的以色列的缘故，我按着你的名呼召了你；你虽然不认识我，我却给你这个尊贵的名号。

为我仆人雅各、我所拣选的以色列的缘故，我提你的名召唤你；你虽然不认识我，我却给你一个尊名。

因我僕人雅各，我所揀選以色列的緣故，我就提名召你；你雖不認識我，我也加給你名號。

因我的僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列，我提名召你；你雖不認識我，我也加給你名號。

因我的僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列，我提名召你；你雖不認識我，我也加給你名號。

雖然你不認識我，但為了我的僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列，我還是點名呼召你，賜給你一個尊貴的名號。

因我的僕人雅各和我所揀選的以色列的緣故，我按著你的名呼召了你；你雖然不認識我，我卻給你這個尊貴的名號。

為了我僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列之緣故，我呼喚你的名召了你，將頭銜加給你，雖則你不認識我。

為我僕人雅各、我所揀選的以色列的緣故，我提你的名召喚你；你雖然不認識我，我卻給你一個尊名。

緣我僕雅各、暨我所選之以色列故、我以名呼爾、爾雖未識我、我已稱爾名、

爾雖不知予、我命爾名、畀以尊號、俾爾救我所選之臣僕、雅各家以色列族。

緣我僕雅各、及我所選之以色列故、我題爾名、爾雖不識我、我亦稱道爾、

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.

Cyrus, I am sending for you by name. I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob. They are my servant. I am doing it for Israel. They are my chosen people. You do not know anything about me. But I am giving you a title of honor.

For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.

I call you by your name, for the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know me.

For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

I call you by your name, because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know Me.

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.

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.

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.

“ But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend,I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying,‘ You are my servant.’ For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.

So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have— the ones God has chosen— but the hearts of the rest were hardened.

“ But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it:‘ To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.

“ The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:“ Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.And I will bring Israel home again to its own land, to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan, and to be satisfied once more in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.In those days,” says the Lord,“ no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.

In fact, unless the Lord shortens that time of calamity, not a single person will survive. But for the sake of his chosen ones he has shortened those days.

When I say of Cyrus,‘ He is my shepherd,’ he will certainly do as I say. He will command,‘ Rebuild Jerusalem’; he will say,‘ Restore the Temple.’”This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower. Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never to shut again.

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so called gods that do not even exist.So now that you know God( or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people!

This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“ For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.

For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.