And on that day you will say, “Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- KJV And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
- BSB and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- NKJV And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted.
- NLT In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the Lord! Praise his name! Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is!
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Quick answer
The saved are called to thank God and proclaim his deeds among the nations. Redemption overflows into mission and witness.
Overview
Gratitude for salvation cannot stay private; it moves believers to 'declare his doings among the peoples' and exalt his name. Worship and witness belong together. This anticipates the church's calling to proclaim God's saving works to all nations in the name of the exalted Christ (Matt. 28:19; Acts 1:8).
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- Ps 105:1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- Ps 145:4–6One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Ps 117:1–2Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- John 17:26I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- Jer 51:9–10“We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us each go into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Ps 18:46Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
- Ps 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
- Jer 50:2“Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’
- Neh 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
- Exod 15:2Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Exod 33:19He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
- Ps 71:16–18I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
- Ps 113:1–3Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
- Ps 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
- Ps 106:47–48Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
- Ps 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
- Ps 40:5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
- Isa 33:5Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Ps 9:11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
- Ps 107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- Ps 96:3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
- Ps 113:5Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,
- Ps 21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
- Exod 34:5–7Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
- Isa 2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isa 24:15Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
- Isa 12:1In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
- 1 Chr 16:8Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
- Ps 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- Isa 66:19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
- Isa 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
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