And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh.”
- KJV Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
- NKJV Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, And to pray before the Lord.’
- NASB So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord of armies in Jerusalem, and to plead for the favor of the Lord.’
- NLT Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and to ask for his blessing.
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Quick answer
Many strong nations will come to seek the Lord in Jerusalem. God's salvation will draw even the mightiest peoples to worship Him.
Overview
Not only scattered individuals but 'strong nations' will come to seek the Lord, reversing the role of the nations from oppressors to worshipers. The promise magnifies the universal scope of God's redemptive plan centered in Zion. It finds fulfillment as the gospel gathers worshipers from every nation to the Lord (Revelation 7:9-10).
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Cross-references · 11
- Zech 8:21and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
- Rev 21:24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
- Rev 15:4Who 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.”
- Isa 60:3–22Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Isa 25:7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Gal 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- Isa 55:5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
- Mic 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
- Isa 66:23From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Jer 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- Hag 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
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