Romans 15:12
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12 And again Isaiah says,
(A)(B)“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(C)in him will the Gentiles hope.”
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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Matthew 12:21
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21 (A)and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
Isaiah 11:1
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Revelation 5:5
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5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, (A)the Lion (B)of the tribe of Judah, (C)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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19 If in Christ we have hope[a] in this life only, (A)we are of all people most to be pitied.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:19 Or we have hoped
Jeremiah 17:5-7
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5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man (A)who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,[a]
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 (B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
(C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in (D)an uninhabited salt land.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm
1 Peter 1:21
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21 (A)who through him are believers in God, (B)who raised him from the dead and (C)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 (A)which is why I suffer as I do. But (B)I am not ashamed, for (C)I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until (D)that day (E)what has been entrusted to me.[a]
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- 2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
Ephesians 1:12-13
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12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be (A)to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard (B)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, (C)were sealed with the (D)promised Holy Spirit,
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Micah 5:4
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4 And he shall stand (A)and shepherd his flock (B)in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now (C)he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
Micah 4:1-3
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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.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
and they shall (B)beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;
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- Micah 4:2 Or teaching
Daniel 7:14
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14 (A)And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all (B)peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
(C)his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever,
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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 49:6
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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.”
Isaiah 42:1-4
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The Lord's Chosen Servant
42 (A)Behold (B)my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, (C)in whom my soul delights;
(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
(E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 (F)a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
(G)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
till he has established justice in the earth;
and (H)the coastlands wait for his law.
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- Isaiah 42:4 Or bruised
Psalm 72:17
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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!
Psalm 72:8-10
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8 May he have dominion from (A)sea to sea,
and from (B)the River[a] to the (C)ends of the earth!
9 May desert tribes (D)bow down before him,
and his enemies (E)lick the dust!
10 May the kings of (F)Tarshish and of (G)the coastlands
render him (H)tribute;
may the kings of (I)Sheba and (J)Seba
bring gifts!
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- Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 22:27-28
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27 All (A)the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all (B)the families of the nations
shall worship before you.
28 For (C)kingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.
Psalm 2:4-12
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4 He who (A)sits in the heavens (B)laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his (C)wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have (D)set my King
on (E)Zion, my (F)holy hill.”
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (G)“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and (H)the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall (I)break[a] them with (J)a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like (K)a potter's vessel.”
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 (L)Serve the Lord with (M)fear,
and (N)rejoice with (O)trembling.
12 (P)Kiss (Q)the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his (R)wrath is quickly kindled.
(S)Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule
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
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