“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
Parallel translations
- WEB but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory;
- KJV But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
- NKJV but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord—
- NASB however, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.
- NLT But as surely as I live, and as surely as the earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,
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Quick answer
God swore by His own life and the certainty that His glory would fill all the earth. His ultimate purpose would not be thwarted by Israel's unbelief.
Overview
The LORD took an oath grounded in His eternal life and His unstoppable purpose to fill the earth with His glory. Israel's rebellion could not derail God's redemptive plan. This promise reaches forward to the day when the knowledge of God's glory covers the earth, fulfilled in Christ's reign.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Hab 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Isa 49:18Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- Deut 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
- Matt 6:10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
- Ezek 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
- Ezek 18:3As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
- Zeph 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Ezek 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- Jer 22:24“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- Ezek 33:27Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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