Isaiah 49:12
Look at these people coming from far away! Look at these people coming from the north, and from the west, and from Upper Egypt.
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11I will turn all my mountains into a road; my highways will be really high!
Cross References
Psalms 22:27Everyone in the whole world will repent and return to the Lord; all the nations will worship before you.
Psalms 72:17May his fame live forever, may it last as long as the sun. May all nations be blessed through him, and may they praise him.
Isaiah 11:10At that time the root of Jesse will stand like a banner for the nations. Foreigners will come to him, and the place of where he lives will be glorious.
Isaiah 11:12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiled people of Israel; he will bring together the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 43:6I will tell the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and the south, ‘Don't stop them!’ Bring my sons back from far away and my daughters from distant lands.
Isaiah 66:19I will give them a sign, and I will send some who survive to the nations. They will go to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant lands that haven't heard about me or seen my glory. They will announce my glory among the nations.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:8-13
Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 7 Thus saith the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord , In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the… Read the whole commentary →