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Knowing the True God—What Does It Mean?

Will There Ever Be a World Without War?
- Far from restricting the use of his name to prevent disrespect, God repeatedly encourages and even commands his people to use his name and to make it known. Doing so was evidence of their close relationship with him, as well as their love for him. (Psalm 91:14) The prophet Isaiah showed clearly what God’s will is in this matter when he stated: “Praise the LORD [Hebrew, יהוה = YHWH = Jehovah], proclaim His name. Make His deeds known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.”—Isaiah 12:4.

Knowing the True God—What Does It Mean?

Will There Ever Be a World Without War?
- “Praise the LORD [יהוה], proclaim His name. Make His deeds known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.”d—Isaiah 12:4, italics ours; Psalm 105:1.

Knowing the True God—What Does It Mean?

Will There Ever Be a World Without War?
- d The phrase “proclaim His name” (Hebrew, קראו בשמו) may also be translated “call him by his name.” (Compare The New English Bible.) The same Hebrew construction is found at Genesis 12:8, where it is translated by the Tanakh: “[Abram] invoked the LORD by name.”