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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
and let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
call to nations to say that the LORD reigns
NATIONS (see GENTILES)
unified origin of: Ge 2:7–25; 9:18–19; Ac 17:26 (cf. Ge 1:26–27); Ro 5:12–21; 1 Co 15:22, 45
divisions of ♦ list of their divisions: Ge 10:1–32 ♦ Divine appointment of their divisions: De 32:8; Ac 17:26
God’s relationship to
He rules over the nations: 1 Ch 16:31; 2 Ch 20:6; Ps 22:28; 47:8; 96:10; Je 10:7
He chose Abraham for national purposes ♦ Abraham as father of the nation Israel (see also ISRAEL): Ge 12:2 (cf. Am 3:1–2) ♦ Abraham as father of a multitude of nations: Ge 17:4–6 ♦ Abraham as a blessing to all nations: Ge 12:3; Ga 3:8, 13–14: He desires divine blessing for all nations (see also MISSIONS, throughout the world): Ge 12:3; Ps 67:1–2; 96:3; Is 45:22; 52:10, 15; Mt 24:14; 28:19; Ga 3:13–14; 1 Ti 2:4 ♦ He will place obedient Israel above all the nations: De 28:1 ♦ He has given the nations their inheritance: De 32:8 ♦ He controls the destiny of nations: Job 12:23 (cf. Da 4:17, 35) ♦ He and His anointed (i.e., Messiah) are opposed by the nations: Ps 2:1–3 ♦ He rebukes the nations: Ps 9:5 ♦ He keeps watch on the nations: Ps 66:7 ♦ He judges the nations: Ge 15:14; De 9:4–5; Ps 67:4; 79:6; 96:10; Is 34:2; Je 10:25; Mi 5:15; Zep 3:8; Re 16:19 ♦ He guides the nations: Ps 67:4 ♦ He possesses the nations: Ps 82:8 ♦ He has made all nations: Ps 86:9 ♦ He chastens the nations: Ps 94:10 ♦ He vindicates the holiness of His name among the nations: Eze 36:23 ♦ He accepts without partiality people from every nation: Ac 10:34–35 ♦ He permitted nations to go their own ways before Christ’s coming: Ac 14:16; 17:30
Christ’s relationship to ♦ He will inherit the nations: Ps 2:8 ♦ He will rule the nations with a rod of iron: Ps 2:9; Is 11:4; Re 12:5; 19:15 ♦ He will be served by all nations: Ps 72:11 ♦ He will execute justice and judgment among the nations: Is 2:4; 42:1; Mt 25:32 ♦ He will bring peace to the nations: Is 2:4 (cf. 9:6–7); Zec 9:10 ♦ He will be sought by the nations: Is 11:10 ♦ He will be a light to the nations: Is 49:6 ♦ He will be worshiped by the nations: Zec 14:16–17 ♦ His followers will be hated by all nations: Mt 24:9 ♦ He was proclaimed among the nations: 1 Ti 3:16 ♦ He will give overcomers authority over the nations: Re 2:26 ♦ He has redeemed people from every nation: Re 5:9; 7:9
prophecy concerning (see also Christ’s relationship to) ♦ all nations will worship before the Lord: Ps 22:27 ♦ The Lord will give the heritage of the nations to His people: Ps 111:6 ♦ all the nations will stream to the house of the Lord: Is 2:2 ♦ nations will come and serve redeemed Israel: Is 60:1–3, 12 ♦ the Lord will gather all nations to see His glory: Is 66:18 ♦ Israel will be scattered among and regathered from the nations: Je 31:10 ♦ the Lord will shake all nations: Hag 2:7 ♦ the wealth of all nations will come to God’s house: Hag 2:7 ♦ the Lord will be sought by many nations: Zec 8:22 ♦ all nations will be gathered against Jerusalem: Zec 12:3 ♦ the Lord will make His name great among the nations: Mal 1:11 ♦ the gospel of the kingdom will be preached to all nations before the end comes: Mt 24:14 ♦ there will be dismay among nations before Christ returns: Lu 21:25–27
other relationships of the nations ♦ to righteousness: Pr 14:34 ♦ to sin: Pr 14:34 ♦ to the new Jerusalem: Re 21:24, 26
various other uses ♦ nations driven out of Canaan before Israel: Ex 34:24; Ac 7:45 ♦ defilement of the nations through immorality: Le 18:24 ♦ idolatrous practices of the nations: De 12:30–31; Ps 135:15 ♦ Israel’s desire to be like other nations: 1 Sa 8:5, 20 ♦ mixed religion of the nations: 2 Ki 17:41 ♦ nations who forget God are turned into Sheol: Ps 9:17 ♦ a nation exalted through righteousness: Pr 14:34 ♦ a nation disgraced through sin: Pr 14:34 ♦ a prophet to the nations (i.e., Jeremiah): Je 1:5; 25:13 ♦ Israel as a reproach among the nations: Joe 2:17, 19 ♦ nations called by God’s name: Am 9:12 ♦ the temple divinely intended as a house of prayer for all nations: Mk 11:17 ♦ devout Jews from every nation at Pentecost: Ac 2:5 ♦ the nations are presently deceived by Satan: Re 20:3, 7–8 ♦ nations in relation to the new Jerusalem: Re 21:24, 26 ♦ the leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations: Re 22:21
1 The NASB Topical Index. (1992). (electronic ed.). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
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