For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Isaiah 60:22 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The least one shall become a thousand [a clan], and the small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its [appointed] time. American Standard Version (1901) The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time. Common English Bible The least will become a thousand, and the smallest a powerful people. I am the LORD; at the right moment, I will hurry it along. Catholic Public Domain Version The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I, the Lord, will suddenly do this thing in its time. |
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
that say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;