15 Therefore (A)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
(B)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

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11 For (A)from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great (B)among the Gentiles;
(C)In every place (D)incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
(E)For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

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(A)Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
(B)To bring your sons from afar,
(C)Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the Lord your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
(D)Because He has glorified you.

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(A)My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
(B)And My arms will judge the peoples;
(C)The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And (D)on My arm they will trust.

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The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles

49 “Listen, (A)O coastlands, to Me,
And take heed, you peoples from afar!
(B)The Lord has called Me from the womb;
From the [a]matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

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  1. Isaiah 49:1 Lit. inward parts

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!

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  1. Isaiah 42:10 Lit. its fullness

He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
(A)And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

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And I saw something like (A)a sea of glass (B)mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, (C)over his image and [a]over his mark and over the (D)number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, (E)having harps of God. They sing (F)the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the (G)Lamb, saying:

(H)“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
(I)Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the [b]saints!
(J)Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are (K)holy.
For (L)all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”

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  1. Revelation 15:2 NU, M omit over his mark
  2. Revelation 15:3 NU, M nations

Suffering for God’s Glory

12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice (A)to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that (B)when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (C)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (D)but on your part He is glorified.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
  2. 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.

15 But [a]sanctify [b]the Lord God in your hearts, and always (A)be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the (B)hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

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  1. 1 Peter 3:15 set apart
  2. 1 Peter 3:15 NU Christ as Lord

that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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The Philippian Jailer Saved

25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

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And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
That (A)two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
(B)But one-third shall be left in it:
I will bring the one-third (C)through the fire,
Will (D)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(E)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(F)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

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“I(A) will [a]sow them among the peoples,
And they shall (B)remember Me in far countries;
They shall live, together with their children,
And they shall return.
10 (C)I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,
And gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
(D)Until no more room is found for them.
11 (E)He shall pass through the sea with affliction,
And strike the waves of the sea:
All the depths of [b]the River shall dry up.
Then (F)the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
And (G)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

12 “So I will strengthen them in the Lord,
And (H)they shall walk up and down in His name,”
Says the Lord.

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  1. Zechariah 10:9 Or scatter
  2. Zechariah 10:11 The Nile

11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
(A)People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all (B)the shores of the nations.

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A Hymn of Faith

17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will (A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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19 (A)I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and [a]Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. (B)And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.

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  1. Isaiah 66:19 So with MT, Tg.; LXX Put (cf. Jer. 46:9)

The coastlands saw it and feared,
The ends of the earth were afraid;
They drew near and came.

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Therefore the strong people will (A)glorify You;
The city of the [a]terrible nations will fear You.

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  1. Isaiah 25:3 terrifying

11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(A)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will [b]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together (B)the dispersed of Judah
From the four [c]corners of the earth.

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
  2. Isaiah 11:12 gather
  3. Isaiah 11:12 Lit. wings

“Because(A) of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, (B)‘Where is God my Maker,
(C)Who gives songs in the night,

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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and [a]Dodanim. From these (A)the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:4 Sam. Rodanim and 1 Chr. 1:7

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