Acts 13:47
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47 For so the Lord has commanded us:
(A)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Isaiah 49:6
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6 Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a (A)light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Luke 2:32
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32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,
Matthew 28:19
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19 (A)Go [a]therefore and (B)make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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- Matthew 28:19 M omits therefore
Isaiah 45:22
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22 “Look to Me, and be saved,
(A)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
Zechariah 8:20-23
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20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Peoples shall yet come,
Inhabitants of many cities;
21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
(A)“Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts.
I myself will go also.”
22 Yes, (B)many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the Lord.’
23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men (C)from every language of the nations shall (D)grasp the [a]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard (E)that God is with you.” ’ ”
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- Zechariah 8:23 Lit. wing, corner of a garment
Micah 4:2-3
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2 Many nations shall come and say,
“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into (A)plowshares,
And their spears into [a]pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
(B)Neither shall they learn war anymore.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:3 pruning knives
Amos 9:12
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12 (A)That they may possess the remnant of (B)Edom,[a]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.
Footnotes
- Amos 9:12 LXX mankind
Isaiah 2:1-3
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The Future House of God(A)
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now (B)it shall come to pass (C)in the latter days
(D)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
(E)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(F)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Hosea 1:10
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The Restoration of Israel
10 “Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [a]not My (C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
‘You are (D)sons of the living God.’
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9
Isaiah 60:3
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3 The (A)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 59:19-20
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19 (A)So shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in (B)like a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
20 “The(C) Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
Isaiah 52:10
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10 (A)The Lord has [a]made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of (B)all the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:10 Revealed His power
Isaiah 42:9-12
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9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Praise to the Lord
10 (A)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
(B)You who go down to the sea, and [a]all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:10 Lit. its fullness
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant of the Lord
42 “Behold! (A)My Servant whom I uphold,
My [a]Elect One in whom My soul (B)delights!
(C)I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:1 Chosen
Isaiah 24:13-16
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13 When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
(A)It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Therefore (B)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
(C)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, [a]“I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
(D)The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:16 Lit. Leanness to me, leanness to me
Psalm 117
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Let All Peoples Praise the Lord
117 Praise (A)the Lord, all you Gentiles!
[a]Laud Him, all you peoples!
2 For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And (B)the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 117:1 Praise
Psalm 98:2-3
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2 (A)The Lord has made known His salvation;
(B)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the [a]nations.
3 He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
(C)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 98:2 Gentiles
Psalm 96:1-2
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A Song of Praise to God Coming in Judgment(A)
96 Oh, (B)sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
Psalm 72:7-8
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7 In His days the righteous shall flourish,
(A)And abundance of peace,
Until the moon is no more.
8 (B)He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalm 67:2-7
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3 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!
For (C)You shall judge the people righteously,
And govern the nations on earth. Selah
5 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
6 (D)Then the earth shall [a]yield her increase;
God, our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us,
And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
Footnotes
- Psalm 67:6 give her produce
Psalm 22:27-29
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27 All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the [a]nations
Shall worship before [b]You.
28 (A)For the kingdom is the Lord’s,
And He rules over the nations.
29 (B)All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
(C)All those who go down to [c]the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:27 Gentiles
- Psalm 22:27 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. Him
- Psalm 22:29 Death
Acts 26:23
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23 (A)that the Christ would suffer, (B)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and (C)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
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