Nations

O the happiness of the nation whose God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called `Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, `Praise.'

Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples <FI>is<Fi> a sin-offering.

And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

And God saith to him, `I <FI>am<Fi> God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek <FI>by<Fi> prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. — read the full passage →

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations, — read the full passage →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. — read the full passage →

For to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.

To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. --A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah. — read the full passage →

Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!

but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations. — read the full passage →

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

Therefore, wait for Me--an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment <FI>is<Fi> to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Ask of Me and I give nations--thy inheritance, And thy possession--the ends of earth.

As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So <FI>are<Fi> ye in My hand, O house of Israel. — read the full passage →

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

And also now--an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule <FI>is<Fi> from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham--

`I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was <FI>one<Fi> coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near. — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'

And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.

For a nation lost to counsels <FI>are<Fi> they, And there is no understanding in them.

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him <FI>with<Fi> one shoulder.

This <FI>is<Fi> the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this <FI>is<Fi> the hand that is stretched out for all the nations.

His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they <FI>are<Fi> men! Selah.

And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.

And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

And thou hast sworn--Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.

Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah.

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous--and saved is He, Afflicted--and riding on an ass, And on a colt--a son of she-asses.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come <FI>to<Fi> the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house <FI>with<Fi> honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

for all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> God; there is none else;

`I--lo, My covenant <FI>is<Fi> with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations; — read the full passage →

and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah.

Lo, a nation thou knowest not, thou callest, And a nation who know thee not unto thee do run, For the sake of Jehovah thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.

These <FI>are<Fi> families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation. — read the full passage →

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover <FI>the bottom of<Fi> a sea.

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms--to serve Jehovah.

for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all these things.'

A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah!

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel: — read the full passage →

and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people--the saints of the Most High, His kingdom <FI>is<Fi> a kingdom age-during, and all dominions do serve and obey Him.

For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

And blessed <FI>is<Fi> the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled <FI>with<Fi> His honour. Amen, and amen!

and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against your pillows, With which ye are hunting there the souls of the flourishing, And I have rent them from off your arms, And have sent away the souls that ye are hunting, The souls of the flourishing.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun--His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.

and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

And joined have been many nations unto Jehovah in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in thy midst, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me unto thee.

I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.