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Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Revelation 15:4 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • KJV Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
  • NKJV Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.”
  • NASB “Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For all the nations will come and worship before You, For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • NLT Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”

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Quick answer

The song declares that all nations will come and worship the holy God whose righteous acts are revealed. God's judgments lead to universal recognition of his glory.

Overview

The rhetorical question 'Who wouldn't fear you, Lord?' affirms that God alone is holy and worthy of worship. The promise that all nations will come and worship looks to the consummation when God's righteous deeds are fully revealed (echoing Psalm 86). Even the judgments displayed in Revelation serve the wider purpose of God's glory among the nations.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Ps 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
  • 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.
  • Jer 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  • Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  • 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.”
  • Rev 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
  • Zech 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  • Isa 66:22–23“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
  • Isa 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
  • Isa 25:3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
  • Rev 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
  • 1 Pet 1:16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
  • Zech 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
  • Rev 16:7And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
  • Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  • Isa 66:18–20“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
  • Rev 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
  • Ps 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
  • Ps 117:1–2Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
  • Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  • 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.”
  • Rom 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
  • Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
  • Zech 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
  • Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
  • 2 Th 1:10–12on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
  • 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.
  • Hab 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  • Ps 105:7He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
  • Ps 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
  • Rev 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  • Luke 12:4–5I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
  • Isa 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
  • Ps 22:23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
  • Ps 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
  • Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
  • Isa 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Ps 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

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Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

How Revelation 15:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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