Daniel 7:27
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27 The kingship and dominion
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey them.”(A)
Psalm 72:11
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11 May all kings fall down before him,
all nations give him service.
Revelation 11:15
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The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)
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- 11.15 Gk Christ
Luke 1:33
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33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”(A)
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Daniel 7:14
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14 To him was given dominion
and glory and kingship,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not pass away,
and his kingship is one
that shall never be destroyed.(A)
Psalm 22:27
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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before him.[a](A)
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- 22.27 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb you
Daniel 7:18
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18 But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”(A)
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Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,(A)
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Isaiah 9:7
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7 Great will be his authority,[a]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(A)
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- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 145:13
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13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
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- 145.13 Q ms Gk Syr: MT lacks The Lord . . . his deeds
Psalm 86:9
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9 All the nations you have made shall come
and bow down before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.(A)
Psalm 2:6-12
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6 “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”(A)
7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(B)
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
and the ends of the earth your possession.(C)
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(D)
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear;
with trembling(E) 12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.(F)
Revelation 19:16
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16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”(A)
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Zephaniah 3:19-20
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19 I will deal with all your oppressors
at that time.
And I will save the lame
and gather the outcast,
and I will change their shame into praise
and renown in all the earth.(A)
20 At that time I will bring you home,
at the time when I gather you;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
when I restore your fortunes
before your eyes, says the Lord.(B)
Daniel 7:22
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22 until the Ancient One[a] came; then judgment was given for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived when the holy ones gained possession of the kingdom.(A)
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- 7.22 Aram the Ancient of Days
Revelation 17:14
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14 they will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”(A)
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Zechariah 14:9
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9 And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one.(A)
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Isaiah 54:3
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3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will possess nations
and will settle desolate towns.(A)
Revelation 22:5
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5 And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.(A)
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John 12:34
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34 The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah[a] remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”(A)
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- 12.34 Or the Christ
Obadiah 21
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21 Those who have been saved[a] shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule Mount Esau,
and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.(A)
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- 21 Gk Syr: Heb Saviors
Daniel 4:34
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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
34 When that period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me.
I blessed the Most High
and praised and honored the one who lives forever.
For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.(A)
Isaiah 60:11-16
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11 Your gates shall always be open;
day and night they shall not be shut,
so that nations shall bring you their wealth,
with their kings led in procession.(A)
12 For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.(B)
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will glorify where my feet rest.(C)
14 The descendants of those who oppressed you
shall come bending low to you,
and all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
they shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.(D)
15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.(E)
16 You shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall suck the breasts of kings,
and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.(F)
Isaiah 49:23-26
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23 Kings shall be your foster fathers
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.(A)
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty
or the captives of a tyrant[a] be rescued?
25 But thus says the Lord:
Even the captives of the mighty will be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.(B)
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the Lord your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.(C)
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- 49.24 Q ms Syr Vg: MT of a righteous person
Psalm 149:5-9
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5 Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their couches.(A)
6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,(B)
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters
and their nobles with chains of iron,
9 to execute on them the judgment decreed.
This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!(C)
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