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Isaiah 14

Isa. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forf the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will have mercy
racham (Hebrew #7355)
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, X surely.
Pronounce: raw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
on Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
, and will yet choose
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
g Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and set
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
them in their own land
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
: and the strangers
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
shall be joined
lavah (Hebrew #3867)
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV usage: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
Pronounce: law-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
with them, and they shall cleave
caphach (Hebrew #5596)
a primitive root; properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
KJV usage: abiding, gather together, cleave, smite with the scab.
Pronounce: saw-fakh'
Origin: or saphach (Isaiah 3:17) {saw-fakh'}
to the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
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Psa. 102:13• 13Thou wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come. (Psa. 102:13)
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Zech. 1:17• 17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; my cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:17)
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Zech. 2:12• 12And Jehovah shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (Zech. 2:12)

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Israel,
Jacob,
Mercy,
Stranger

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  God's merciful restoration of Israel.
3-23:  Their triumphant exultation over Babel.
24-28:  God's purpose against Assyria.
29-32:  Palestina is threatened.
the Lord.
Isa. 40:1‑2• 1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
 2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of toil is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins. (Isa. 40:1‑2)
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Isa. 44:21‑22• 21Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant; O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. (Isa. 44:21‑22)
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Isa. 54:7‑8• 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
 8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer. (Isa. 54:7‑8)
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Lev. 26:40‑45• 40And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfullness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary to me,
 41so [that] I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
 42I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
 43For the land shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its Sabbaths, when it is in desolation without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because, they despised my judgments, and their soul despised my statutes.
 44And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them, and will not abhor them, to make an end of them utterly, and to break my covenant with them, for I [am] Jehovah their God.
 45But I will remember toward them the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, that I might be their God: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 26:40‑45)
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Deut. 4:29‑31• 29And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.
 30In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,
 31—for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God, —he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them. (Deut. 4:29‑31)
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Neh. 1:8‑9• 8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;
 9but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. (Neh. 1:8‑9)
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Psa. 98:3• 3He remembered his mercy and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;{HR}All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)
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Psa. 102:13• 13Thou wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come. (Psa. 102:13)
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Psa. 136:10‑24• 10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 11And brought Israel from their midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 12With strong hand and with outstretched arm;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 13To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 14And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 15And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 16To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 17To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 18And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 19(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 20And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 21And gave their land for an inheritance;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 22An inheritance to Israel his servant;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 23Who remembered us in our low estate;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 24And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever; (Psa. 136:10‑24)
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Psa. 143:12• 12And in thy mercy cut off mine enemies,{HR}And destroy all oppressors of my soul;{HR}For I [am] thy servant. (Psa. 143:12)
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Jer. 50:4‑6,17‑20,33• 4In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek Jehovah their God.
 5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Jehovah in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
 6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.
 17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
 18Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
 19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on mount Ephraim and Gilead.
 20In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
 33Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; the children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast: they refused to let them go. (Jer. 50:4‑6,17‑20,33)
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Jer. 51:4‑6,34‑37• 4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
 5For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
 6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
 36Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
 37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. (Jer. 51:4‑6,34‑37)
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Luke 1:54,72‑74• 54He hath helped Israel, his servant, in order to remember mercy;
 72to fulfil mercy with our fathers, and remember his holy covenant;
 73[the] oath which he swore to Abraham, our father,
 74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear, (Luke 1:54,72‑74)
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Isa. 27:6• 6In future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall bud and blossom, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isa. 27:6)
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Zech. 1:17• 17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; my cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:17)
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Zech. 2:12• 12And Jehovah shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (Zech. 2:12)
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Deut. 30:3‑5• 3that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will gather thee again from all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.
 4Though there were of you driven out unto the end of the heavens, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee;
 5and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land that thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. (Deut. 30:3‑5)
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Jer. 24:6‑7• 6For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
 7And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jer. 24:6‑7)
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Jer. 29:14• 14And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. (Jer. 29:14)
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Jer. 30:18‑22• 18Thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
 19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
 20Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
 21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.
 22And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. (Jer. 30:18‑22)
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Jer. 31:8‑12• 8Behold I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
 10Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
 11For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
 12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. (Jer. 31:8‑12)
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Jer. 32:37‑41• 37behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
 38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
 39and I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
 40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
 41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. (Jer. 32:37‑41)
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Ezek. 36:24‑28• 24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
 25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 27And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
 28And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. (Ezek. 36:24‑28)
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Ezek. 39:25‑29• 25Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
 26after that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
 27When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
 28then shall they know that I am Jehovah their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them anymore there.
 29Neither will I hide my face anymore from them: for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 39:25‑29)
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Isa. 19:24‑25• 24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
 25whom Jehovah of hosts will bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. (Isa. 19:24‑25)
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Isa. 49:16‑23• 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands: thy walls [are] continually before me.
 17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.
 18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].
 19For [in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
 20The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place [is] too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
 21And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these (seeing I had lost my children, and was desolate, a captive, and driven to and fro)? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [were] they?
 22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon [their] shoulders.
 23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah, and they that wait for me shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 49:16‑23)
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Isa. 56:6‑8• 6Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by my covenant—
 7even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
 8The Lord Jehovah who gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, with those of his that are gathered. (Isa. 56:6‑8)
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Isa. 60:3‑5• 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from far, and thy daughters are nursed upon the side.
 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. (Isa. 60:3‑5)
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Isa. 66:20• 20And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto Jehovah out of all the nations upon horses and in chariots, and in covered wagons, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah. (Isa. 66:20)
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Ruth 1:14‑18• 14And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.
 15And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.
 16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
 17where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
 18And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her. (Ruth 1:14‑18)
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Esther 8:17• 17And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them. (Esther 8:17)
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Jer. 12:15‑16• 15And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
 16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Jehovah liveth, as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. (Jer. 12:15‑16)
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Zech. 2:11• 11And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people; And I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee. (Zech. 2:11)
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Zech. 8:22‑23• 22And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to supplicate Jehovah.
 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:22‑23)
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Mal. 1:11• 11From 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 Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)
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Luke 2:32• 32a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles, and [the] glory of thy people Israel. (Luke 2:32)
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Acts 15:14‑17• 14Simeon has rehearsed how God first visited [the] Gentiles to take out of [them] a people for his name.
 15And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written.
 16After these things I will return and build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will build again its ruins and will set it up,
 17so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations upon whom my name is called saith [the] Lord, who maketh [all] these things (Acts 15:14‑17)
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Eph. 2:12‑19• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 13but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 14For he is our peace that made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the fence,
 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commandments in ordinances, that he might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it.
 17And having come he preached peace to you that were afar off and peace to those that were nigh.
 18For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the household of God, (Eph. 2:12‑19)
• The first three verses of chapter 14 show that the judgment of Babylon clears the way for mercy to flow to Israel. This had a partial fulfillment in the days of Cyrus, as the opening verses of Ezra record. It will have a far greater and more complete one when the times of the Gentiles come to an end. (“Isaiah 14” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.

W. Kelly Translation

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For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and rest them in their own land: and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.