And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
- KJV And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, 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.
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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 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Dan 7:27The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Isa 2:2–4It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
- Deut 6:4Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
- Dan 2:44–45In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
- Zeph 3:9For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on Yahweh’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
- Isa 45:22–25“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. This is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Ps 72:17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
- Eph 3:14–15For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Isa 60:12–14For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- Isa 49:6–7Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Ps 22:27–31All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Ps 2:6–8“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- Matt 28:19Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- Zech 14:16–17It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
- Mic 4:1–3But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
- Ps 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
- Zech 8:20–23Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- Ps 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
- Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Ps 47:2–9For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
- Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.
- 1 Sam 2:10Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Mic 5:4He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
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