Isaiah 26:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Open up the gates that a righteous nation may enter, one that keeps faith.

Cross References

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of your people, and glory with your heritage.

Psalm 118:19

Open the gates of righteousness; I will enter and thank the Lord.

Psalm 118:20

This is the Lord’s own gate, through it the righteous enter.

Psalm 24:7

Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter.

Exodus 19:6

You will be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord all the descendants of Israel shall have vindication and glory.”

Isaiah 54:14

In justice shall you be established, far from oppression, you shall not fear, from destruction, it cannot come near.

Isaiah 54:17

Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false. This is the lot of the servants of the Lord, their vindication from me—oracle of the Lord.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates shall stand open constantly; day and night they shall not be closed So that they may bring you the wealth of nations, with their kings in the vanguard.

Isaiah 60:18

No longer shall violence be heard of in your land, or plunder and ruin within your borders. You shall call your walls “Salvation” and your gates “Praise.”

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all be just; for all time they will possess the land; They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

to place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of justice, the planting of the Lord to show his glory.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:10

Pass through, pass through the gates, prepare a way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones, raise up a standard over the nations.

Isaiah 62:2

Nations shall behold your vindication, and all kings your glory; You shall be called by a new name bestowed by the mouth of the Lord.

Zechariah 8:20

Thus says the Lord of hosts: There will yet come peoples and inhabitants of many cities;

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

2 Peter 3:13

But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel a need to write to encourage you to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the holy ones.

Revelation 21:24

The nations will walk by its light, and to it the kings of the earth will bring their treasure.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.