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Therefore glorify the Lord in the east, The name of the Lord, the God of Israel, In the coastlands of the sea.
Isaiah 24:15 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
  • KJV Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
  • BSB Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
  • NKJV Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light, The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
  • NLT In eastern lands, give glory to the Lord. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Quick answer

The remnant calls one another to glorify the Lord in the east and in the coastlands of the sea. Worship of Israel's God spreads worldwide.

Overview

From sunrise lands to distant islands, the saved summon all to honor the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. The scope is global, reaching beyond Israel's borders. It foreshadows the gathering of the nations to praise the true God through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Isa 51:5My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
  • Isa 49:1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name.
  • Isa 42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
  • Isa 42:10Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
  • Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
  • Gen 10:4–5The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  • 1 Pet 4:12–14Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
  • Hab 3:17–18For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
  • 1 Pet 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
  • Isa 41:5The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
  • Zech 10:9–12I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.
  • Zeph 2:11Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
  • Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
  • Isa 25:3Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
  • Job 35:9–10“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
  • Rev 15:2–4I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
  • Zech 13:8–9It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
  • Isa 11:11–12It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 24:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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