Isaiah 66:19

God will set a sign among the nations and send survivors to distant peoples to declare his glory. It matters because it foretells a worldwide mission proclaiming God to those who have never heard.

Cross-references · 38

• 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.
• Rom 15:21Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
• Ezek 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
• Isa 55:5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
• Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
• Isa 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
• 1 Chr 16:24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
• Isa 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
• Ezek 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
• Gen 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
• Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Isa 11:10–11On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
• Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
• Isa 18:3All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
• Isa 29:24Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
• Matt 7:11–12So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
• Isa 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
• Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
• Ezek 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
• Rom 11:1–6I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
• Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• 1 Chr 1:7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
• Ezek 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
• Isa 51:5My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
• Ps 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
• Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Isa 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
• Ezek 38:2–3“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
• Isa 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
• Isa 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
• Zeph 2:11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
• 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.
• Isa 18:7At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
• Gen 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
• Isa 49:22This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
• Gen 10:13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
• 1 Chr 1:11Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
• Isa 24:15–16Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

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