Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Now 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.”
- KJV Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
- BSB And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- NASB But now Lord, our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.”
- NLT Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”
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Quick answer
Hezekiah asks God to save Judah so all kingdoms may know that he alone is the Lord. The petition's ultimate aim is God's universal glory.
Overview
The prayer climaxes by tying Judah's rescue to the spread of God's renown among the nations. Hezekiah wants deliverance not merely for safety but so the whole earth will know the Lord alone is God. This missionary impulse, that God acts to make his name known, runs through Scripture to the gospel going to all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
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- 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 83:17–18Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- 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.
- Ezek 36:23I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Ps 67:1–2For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
- Isa 42:8“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
- 1 Kgs 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- 1 Sam 17:45–47Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- Exod 9:15–16For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
- Ps 59:13Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Josh 7:8–9Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
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