Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
- KJV Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
- BSB You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
- NASB ¶“You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
- NLT Listen to what I have done, you nations far away! And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
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Quick answer
God calls everyone, near and far, to recognize his power displayed in this act of judgment and salvation.
Overview
Yahweh summons both distant nations and nearby peoples to acknowledge what he has done. His deliverance of Judah and judgment of Assyria are meant to make his might known worldwide. This universal call anticipates the gospel reach, by which God's saving power is proclaimed to those near and far alike (Acts 2:39; Eph. 2:17).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Ps 48:10As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Eph 2:11–18Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands);
- Dan 3:27The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
- 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.
- Josh 9:9–10They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,
- Ps 98:1–2A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Dan 6:25–27Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
- Ps 99:2–3Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
- 1 Sam 17:46Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- Ps 97:8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh.
- Isa 18:3All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!
- Ps 147:12–14Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
- Ps 46:6–11The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
- Acts 2:5–11Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
- Ps 148:14He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
- Isa 57:19I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
- Josh 2:9–11She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
- Isa 37:20Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
- Exod 15:14The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
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