And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
- BSB On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- NKJV And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” And His name one.
- NASB And the Lord will be King over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one.
- NLT And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.
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Quick answer
The LORD will be King over all the earth; in that day He will be one, and His name one. It matters because it promises the universal reign and undivided worship of the one true God.
Overview
This is a high point of the prophecy: Yahweh's kingship extends over the whole earth, and His oneness is openly acknowledged everywhere—'Yahweh will be one, and his name one.' The exclusive worship confessed in Israel's Shema (Deut. 6:4) becomes the worship of all nations. This anticipates the consummated kingdom where Christ reigns and 'God may be all in all' (1 Cor. 15:28; Phil. 2:10-11).
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- Eph 4:5–6One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
- Rev 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Dan 7:27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Isa 2:2–4And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
- Deut 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
- Dan 2:44–45And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Zeph 3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
- Isa 45:22–25Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Ps 72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- Matt 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Eph 3:14–15For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Isa 60:12–14For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isa 49:6–7And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
- Ps 22:27–31All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Ps 2:6–8Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Zech 14:16–17And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Mic 4:1–3But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
- Ps 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- Zech 8:20–23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
- Ps 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
- Ps 47:2–9For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
- Amos 9:12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
- 1 Sam 2:10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
- Gen 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Mic 5:4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
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