“Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of thy people Israel, comes from a far country for thy name's sake
Zechariah 8:20 - Revised Standard Version “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord of hosts: It shall yet come to pass that there shall come [to Jerusalem] peoples and the inhabitants of many and great cities, American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; Common English Bible The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Peoples will still come, the inhabitants of many cities. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord of hosts, then the people may arrive and dwell in many cities, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come, and dwell in many cities, |
“Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of thy people Israel, comes from a far country for thy name's sake
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to thee; in order that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.
Thus says the Lord: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying: ‘God is with you only, and there is no other, no god besides him.’ ”
he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”
and I will sow him for myself in the land. And I will have pity on Not pitied, and I will say to Not my people, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘Thou art my God.’ ”
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the Lord who does this.
He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more;
And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
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 Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”