Acts 15:17
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17 that the remnant[a] of mankind (A)may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles (B)who are called by my name,
says the Lord, who makes these things
Footnotes
- Acts 15:17 Or rest
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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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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Isaiah 65:1
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Judgment and Salvation
65 (A)I was ready to be sought by (B)those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by[a] my name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:1 Or that did not call upon
Hosea 2:23
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23 and (A)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And (B)I (C)will have mercy on No Mercy,[a]
and (D)I will say to Not My People,[b] (E)‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi
Isaiah 66:18-21
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18 “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] (A)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (B)I will send survivors to the nations, to (C)Tarshish, (D)Pul, and (E)Lud, who draw the bow, to (F)Tubal and (G)Javan, (H)to the coastlands far away, (I)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (J)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (K)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 (L)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
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- Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
- Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming
Malachi 1:11
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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name (A)will be[a] great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name (B)will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 1:11 Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
Isaiah 43:7
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7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
Micah 4:1-2
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The Mountain of the Lord
4 It shall come to pass (A)in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
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.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:2 Or teaching
Jeremiah 14:9
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9 Why should you be like a man confused,
(A)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet (B)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
and (C)we are called by your name;
(D)do not leave us.”
Isaiah 11:10
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10 In that day (A)the root of (B)Jesse, who shall stand as (C)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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Genesis 49:10
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10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
Genesis 22:18
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18 and (A)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, (B)because you have obeyed my voice.”
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Micah 5:7
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A Remnant Shall Be Delivered
7 Then (A)the remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which delay not for a man
nor wait for the children of man.
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
Joel 2:32
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32 And it shall come to pass that (A)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (B)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among (C)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
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Daniel 9:19
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19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (A)Delay not, (B)for your own sake, O my God, because (C)your city and (D)your people are called by your name.”
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Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”
Isaiah 49:6-7
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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.”
7 Thus says the Lord,
(D)the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
(E)to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
(F)“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Isaiah 45:7-8
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7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and (A)create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8 (B)“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and (C)let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
Isaiah 24:15-16
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15 (A)Therefore in the east[a] give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 (B)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to (C)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For (D)the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
Isaiah 19:23-25
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23 (A)In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, (B)and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, (C)a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt (D)my people, and Assyria (E)the work of my hands, and (F)Israel my inheritance.”
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Isaiah 2:2-3
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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 72:17-19
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17 (A)May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
(B)May people be blessed in him,
(C)all nations call him blessed!
18 (D)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does (E)wondrous things.
19 Blessed be his (F)glorious name forever;
may (G)the whole earth be filled with his glory!
(H)Amen and Amen!
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