cCited Acts 13:47
Isaiah 32:15-16
15until athe Spirit is poured upon us from on high,and bthe wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 49:6
6he says:“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
cI will make you das a light for the nations,
that emy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 60:2-3
2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 fAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 62:2
2 gThe nations shall see your righteousness,and all the kings your glory,
hand you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
Jeremiah 16:19
19 iO Lord, my strength and my stronghold,jmy refuge in the day of trouble,
kto you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
lworthless things in which there is no profit.
Luke 2:31-32
31 mthat you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,32 na light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and ofor glory to pyour people Israel.”
Acts 11:18
18When they heard these things they fell silent. And they qglorified God, saying, r“Then to the Gentiles also God has sgranted trepentance that leads to life.”
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