Yahweh shall reign forever and ever.”
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
- BSB The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
- NKJV “TheLord shall reign forever and ever.”
- NASB “The Lord shall reign forever and ever.”
- NLT The Lord will reign forever and ever!”
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Quick answer
The song climaxes in the declaration that Yahweh shall reign forever and ever.
Overview
The victory at the sea reveals the eternal kingship of God, who rules without end. Redemption and God's reign are bound together: the Savior is the everlasting King. This proclamation anticipates the eternal kingdom established through Christ, who reigns forever.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 29:10Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
- Ps 10:16Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
- Ps 146:10Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Rev 11:15–17The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Dan 4:3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
- Dan 7:27The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Dan 7:14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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