Isaiah 49:7

The despised and rejected Servant will one day be honored, as kings rise and worship because of the faithful God who chose him.

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• 1 Pet 2:4As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
• Isa 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
• Matt 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
• Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
• Ps 72:10–11May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
• Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
• Isa 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
• Isa 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
• Ps 69:7–9For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
• Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• Isa 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
• Zech 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
• Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Matt 27:38–44Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
• John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
• Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
• Ps 2:10–12Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
• Isa 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
• Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
• Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
• Isa 48:7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
• Isa 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
• Ps 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
• John 19:6As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• Isa 60:16You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• Luke 23:18But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
• Ps 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
• Luke 22:27For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
• John 18:40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

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