18 “For I [a]know their works and their (A)thoughts; [b]the time is coming to (B)gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. 19 And I will put a (C)sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: (D)Tarshish, [c]Put, (E)Lud, [d]Meshech, (F)Tubal, and [e]Javan, to the distant (G)coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will (H)declare My glory among the nations. 20 Then they shall (I)bring all your countrymen from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My (J)holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a (K)clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 I will also take some of them as (L)priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

22 “For just as the (M)new heavens and the new earth,
Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the Lord,
“So will your (N)descendants and your (O)name endure.
23 And it shall be from (P)new moon to new moon
And from Sabbath to Sabbath,
All [f]mankind will come to (Q)bow down before Me,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 As in LXX; know not found in MT
  2. Isaiah 66:18 Lit it is coming
  3. Isaiah 66:19 As in LXX; MT Pul
  4. Isaiah 66:19 As in LXX; MT those who draw the bow
  5. Isaiah 66:19 I.e., Greece
  6. Isaiah 66:23 Lit flesh

Therefore, [a](A)accept one another, just as Christ also accepted [b]us, for the glory of God. For I say that Christ has become a servant to (B)the circumcision in behalf of the truth of God, to confirm (C)the promises given to the fathers, and for (D)the Gentiles to (E)glorify God for His mercy; as it is written:

(F)Therefore I will [c]give praise to You among the Gentiles,
And I will sing praises to Your name.”

10 Again he says,

(G)Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.”

11 And again,

(H)Praise the Lord all you Gentiles,
And let all the peoples praise Him.”

12 Again Isaiah says,

(I)There shall come (J)the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
(K)In Him will the Gentiles hope.”

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all (L)joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope (M)by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:7 I.e., accept into fellowship
  2. Romans 15:7 One early ms you
  3. Romans 15:9 Or confess

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