10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[a] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[b](A) So he named him Israel.

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[c];(B) be fruitful and increase in number.(C) A nation(D) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  2. Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  3. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,(A)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[a]
until he to whom it belongs[b] shall come(B)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.(C)

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  1. Genesis 49:10 Or from his descendants
  2. Genesis 49:10 Or to whom tribute belongs; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

27 All the ends of the earth(A)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,(B)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord(C)
    and he rules over the nations.

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May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[a](A) to the ends of the earth.(B)
May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish(C) and of distant shores(D)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(E) and Seba
    present him gifts.(F)
11 May all kings bow down(G) to him
    and all nations serve(H) him.

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(A)
    the most exalted(B) of the kings(C) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.(D)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(E)

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13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[a](A) coming(B) with the clouds of heaven.(C) He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority,(D) glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him.(E) His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom(F) is one that will never be destroyed.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:13 The Aramaic phrase bar enash means human being. The phrase son of man is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse.

24 “‘My servant David(A) will be king(B) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(C) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(D) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(E) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(F) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(G) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(H) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(I) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(J) and I will put my sanctuary among them(K) forever.(L) 27 My dwelling place(M) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(N) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(O) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(P)’”

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The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,(A) and there were loud voices(B) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,(C)
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”(D)

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She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”[a](A) And her child was snatched up(B) to God and to his throne.

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  1. Revelation 12:5 Psalm 2:9

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(A) say:

“Now have come the salvation(B) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,(C)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.

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Who will not fear you, Lord,(A)
    and bring glory to your name?(B)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(C)
for your righteous acts(D) have been revealed.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(D) 25 On no day will its gates(E) ever be shut,(F) for there will be no night there.(G) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(H)

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