Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- BSB This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- NKJV “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities;
- NASB “The Lord of armies says this: ‘It will yet turn out that peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many cities.
- NLT “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
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Many peoples from many cities will yet come to seek the Lord. God's restoration of Zion will draw the nations to Himself.
Overview
The vision widens from Judah's restoration to the ingathering of the nations to worship the Lord. This fulfills the prophetic hope that Zion would become a center of blessing for all peoples (Isaiah 2:2-3; Micah 4:1-2). It anticipates the gospel's gathering of the nations into the worship of the true God through Christ.
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- Isa 2:2–3And 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.
- Mic 4:1–2But 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.
- Zech 2:11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
- Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
- Isa 60:3–12And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Matt 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Ps 67:1–4God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Isa 49:6And 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 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- 2 Chr 6:32–33Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
- 1 Kgs 8:41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- Ps 138:4–5All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- 1 Kgs 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
- Isa 66:18–20For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
- 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.
- Isa 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Hos 1:10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
- Ps 117:1–2O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- Hos 2:23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
- Isa 49:22–23Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
- 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.
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Ps 89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
- Rom 15:9–12And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
- 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.
- 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.
- Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
- Acts 15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
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