The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Psalm 47:9 - Revised Standard Version The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. American Standard Version (1901) The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the God of Abraham; For the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted. Common English Bible The leaders of all people are gathered with the people of Abraham’s God because the earth’s guardians belong to God; God is exalted beyond all. Catholic Public Domain Version As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. God has founded it in eternity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever. |
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”
For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For thou, O Lord, art most high over all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.
God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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.
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.