That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” Says the Lord who does this thing.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.
- KJV That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
- BSB that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
- NASB So that they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares the Lord who does this.
- NLT And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine.” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things.
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Quick answer
The restored house of David will possess Edom's remnant and all nations called by God's name. It foreshadows the ingathering of the Gentiles into God's people.
Overview
Edom, Israel's ancient adversary, here represents the surrounding nations brought under the rule of David's restored kingdom. The phrase 'all the nations who are called by my name' signals that God's saving purpose reaches beyond Israel. James quotes this at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15:17) to confirm that Gentiles coming to faith in Christ fulfill this promise without first becoming Jews, for in the Messiah the nations themselves are claimed as God's own.
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- Isa 43:7everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
- Isa 65:1“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
- Acts 15:17That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.
- Isa 63:19We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.
- Jer 14:9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
- Dan 9:18–19My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake.
- Num 24:17–18I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
- Isa 14:1–2For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.
- Ps 60:8Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
- Joel 3:8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it.”
- Isa 11:14They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
- Mal 1:4Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; Yahweh of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”
- Jer 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
- Gen 27:29Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
- Gen 27:37Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”
- Obad 1:18–21The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.
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Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.
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