Acts 13:47
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47 (A)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
(B)“‘I have made you (C)a light for the Gentiles,
that you may (D)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Isaiah 49:6
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6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I am the Lord; (A)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (B)as a covenant for the people,
(C)a light for the nations,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
Luke 2:32
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Zechariah 8:20-23
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20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, (A)‘Let us go at once (B)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 (C)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and (D)to entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days (E)ten men (F)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for (G)we have heard that God is with you.’”
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Hosea 1:10
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10 [a] Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel shall be (B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (C)And (D)in the place where it was said to them, (E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (F)“Children[b] of (G)the living God.”
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- Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Hosea 1:10 Or Sons
Isaiah 45:22
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22 “Turn to me and be saved,
(A)all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
Matthew 28:19
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19 (A)Go therefore and (B)make disciples of (C)all nations, (D)baptizing them (E)in[a] (F)the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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- Matthew 28:19 Or into
Micah 4:2-3
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2 and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
and they shall (A)beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;
Footnotes
- Micah 4:2 Or teaching
Amos 9:12
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12 (A)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and (B)all the nations who are called by my name,”[a]
declares the Lord who does this.
Footnotes
- Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
Isaiah 60:3
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3 (A)And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 2:1-3
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The Mountain of the Lord
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 (A)It shall come to pass in the latter days
that (B)the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and (C)all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and (D)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (E)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching
Psalm 98:2-3
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 (A)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—(B)to whom I (C)am sending you 18 (D)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (E)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (F)forgiveness of sins and (G)a place among those who are sanctified (H)by faith in me.’
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Acts 22:21
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21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you (A)far away to the Gentiles.’”
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Acts 9:15
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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for (A)he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name (B)before the Gentiles and (C)kings and the children of Israel.
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Zechariah 2:11
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11 (A)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (B)And I will dwell in your midst, and (C)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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Isaiah 59:19-20
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19 (A)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
(B)for he will come like a rushing stream,[a]
which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 (C)“And (D)a Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river
Isaiah 52:10
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10 (A)The Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
(B)and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 42:9-12
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9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
(A)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
Sing to the Lord a New Song
10 (B)Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth,
(C)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
(D)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that (E)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (F)Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare his praise in (G)the coastlands.
Isaiah 24:13-16
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13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
(A)as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.[a]
15 (B)Therefore in the east[b] give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 (C)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to (D)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For (E)the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:14 Hebrew from the sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
Psalm 117
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The Lord's Faithfulness Endures Forever
117 (A)Praise the Lord, all nations!
Extol him, all peoples!
2 For (B)great is his steadfast love toward us,
and (C)the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
(D)Praise the Lord!
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