Haller's Concordance: NATION
- And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. Gen. 12:2
- But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance. Gen. 15:14
- And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation. Gen. 17:20
- Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed? Gen. 18:18
- Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just? Gen. 20:4
- But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. Gen. 21:13
- Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation. Gen. 21:18
- One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation. Gen. 34:22
- God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there. Gen. 46:3
- And the hail and fire mixed with it drove on together: and it was of so great bigness, as never before was seen in the whole land of Egypt since that nation was founded. Ex. 9:24
- And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. Ex. 19:6
- If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her. Ex. 21:8
- Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation. Ex. 32:10
- If therefore I have found favour in thy sight, shew me thy face, that I may know thee, and may find grace before thy eyes: look upon thy people this nation. Ex. 33:13
- The Lord answered: I will make a covenant in the sight of all, I will do signs such as were never seen upon the earth, nor in any nation; that this people, in the midst of whom thou art, may see the terrible work of the Lord which I will do. Ex. 34:10
- Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations. Neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you. Lev. 18:26
- Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things: as it vomited out the nation that was before you. Lev. 18:28
- He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him. Lev. 21:15
- Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall be unclean by occasion of one that is dead, or shall be in a journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to the Lord. Num. 9:10
- I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. Num. 14:12
- And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. Num. 31:8
- And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation. Dt. 4:6
- Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions. Dt. 4:7
- For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes? Dt. 4:8
- If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes. Dt. 4:34
- Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this. Dt. 9:14
- Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God shall choose out of the number of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make a man of another nation king, that is not thy brother. Dt. 17:15
- The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a PROPHET of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear: Dt. 18:15
- And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude. Dt. 26:5
- The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king, whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone. Dt. 28:36
- The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand, Dt. 28:49
- A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant, Dt. 28:50
- They have provoked me with that which was no god, and have angered me with their vanities: and I will provoke them with that which is no people, and will vex them with a foolish nation. Dt. 32:21
- They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom. Dt. 32:28
- And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said: Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which I had made with their fathers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice: Judg. 2:20
- His master answered him: I will not go into the town of another nation, who are not of the children of Israel, but I will pass over to Gabaa: Judg. 19:12
- And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, before the face of thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods. 2 Ki. 7:23
- As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when all answered: He is not here: he took an oath of every kingdom and nation, because thou wast not found. 3 Ki. 18:10
- And every nation made gods of their own and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they dwelt. 4 Ki. 17:29
- And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people. 1 Par. 16:20
- For what other nation is there upon earth like thy people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations before their face whom he had delivered out of Egypt? 1 Par. 17:21
- For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress. 2 Par. 15:6
- As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity: because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation, Tob. 13:7
- That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other. Jud. 5:29
- Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor: Jud. 6:2
- Blessed art thou by thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee. Jud. 13:31
- Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will visit them. Jud. 16:20
- And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just. Esther 11:7
- And the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death. Esther 11:9
- And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people. Esther 1:22
- And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus. Esther 3:6
- In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar. Esther 3:7
- And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, Esther 3:12
- Wherefore having learned this, and seeing one nation in opposition to all mankind using perverse laws, and going against our commandments, and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces subject to us, Esther 13:5
- For with certain new and unheard of devices he hath sought the destruction of Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good services our life was saved, and of Esther the partner of our kingdom with all their nation: Esther 16:13
- And my nation is Israel, who cried to the Lord, and the Lord saved his people: and he delivered us from all evils, and hath wrought great signs and wonders among the nations: Esther 10:9
- Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance. Ps. 33:12
- ¤ Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. Ps. 43:1
- They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more. Ps. 83:4
- And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. Ps. 105:13
- That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance. Ps. 106:5
- He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia. Ps. 147:20
- Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable. Pr. 14:34
- For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence. Wis. 17:2
- Through which all the nation passed which was protected with thy hand, seeing thy miracles and wonders. Wis. 19:8
- In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out. Sir. 16:7
- He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins. Sir. 16:10
- Over every nation he set a ruler. Sir. 17:14
- And in every nation I have had the chief rule: Sir. 24:10
- The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation. Sir. 28:16
- He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory, Sir. 45:8
- And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting. Sir. 45:31
- He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries. Sir. 46:7
- And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation. Sir. 46:23
- For he called upon the Lord the Almighty, and he gave strength in his right hand, to take away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of his nation. Sir. 47:6
- And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation, Sir. 47:27
- He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness. Sir. 49:3
- So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation, Sir. 49:7
- He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction. Sir. 50:4
- There are two nations which my soul abhorreth: and the third is no nation: which I hate: Sir. 50:27
- Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards. Isa. 1:4
- And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war. Isa. 2:4
- Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils. Isa. 9:3
- I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Isa. 10:6
- That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled. Isa. 18:2
- At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pieces: from a terrible people, after which there hath been no other: from a nation expecting, expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion. Isa. 18:7
- Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in. Isa. 26:2
- Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off. Isa. 26:15
- Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. Isa. 49:7
- Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee. Isa. 55:5
- For they seek me from day to day, and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God. Isa. 58:2
- For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation. Isa. 60:12
- The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time. Isa. 60:22
- ¤ They have sought me that before asked not for me, they have found me that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a nation that did not call upon my name. Isa. 65:1
- Who hath ever heard such a thing? and who hath seen the like to this? shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be brought forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and hath brought forth her children? Isa. 66:8
- If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol. Jer. 2:11
- Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation? Jer. 5:9
- Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say. Jer. 5:15
- Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation? Jer. 5:29
- Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth. Jer. 6:22
- And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: faith is lost, and is taken away out of their mouth. Jer. 7:28
- Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation? Jer. 9:9
- But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord. Jer. 12:17
- I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it. Jer. 18:7
- If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them. Jer. 18:8
- And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it. Jer. 18:9
- And when the seventy years shall be expired, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans: and I will make it perpetual desolations. Jer. 25:12
- Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation: and a great whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the earth. Jer. 25:32
- But the nation and kingdom that will not serve Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and whosoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon: I will visit upon that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, saith the Lord: till I consume them by his hand. Jer. 27:8
- But the nation that shall bend down their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and shall serve him: I will let them remain in their own land, saith the Lord: and they shall till it, and dwell in it. Jer. 27:11
- Why will you die, thou and thy people by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Jer. 27:13
- If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever. Jer. 31:36
- Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no more a nation before them? Jer. 33:24
- There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee. Jer. 48:2
- Arise, and go up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone. Jer. 49:31
- And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come. Jer. 49:36
- For a nation is come up against her out of the north, which shall make her land desolate: and there shall be none to dwell therein, from man even to beast: yea they are removed, and gone away. Jer. 50:3
- Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth. Jer. 50:41
- Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save. Lam. 4:17
- Give not thy honour to another, nor thy dignity to a strange nation. Bar. 4:3
- For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue: Bar. 4:15
- Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say of you: Thou art a devourer of men, and one that suffocatest thy nation: Ezec. 36:13
- Therefore thou shalt devour men no more nor destroy thy nation any more, saith the Lord God. Ezec. 36:14
- Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the nations any more, nor shalt thou bear the reproach of the people, nor lose thy nation any more, saith the Lord God. Ezec. 36:15
- And I will make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king over them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms. Ezec. 37:22
- For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. Dan. A:14
- But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it, four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength. Dan. 8:22
- For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp. Joel 1:6
- And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it. Joel 3:8
- But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. Amso 6:14
- And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither shall they learn war anymore. Mic. 4:3
- And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Sion, from this time now and forever. Mic. 4:7
- For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own. Hab. 1:6
- ¤ Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation not worthy to be loved: Soph. 2:1
- Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant. Soph. 2:5
- Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them. Soph. 2:9
- And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled. Agg. 2:14
- And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you. Mal. 3:9
- And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour; and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem; 1 Ma. 1:36
- What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils? 1 Ma. 2:10
- For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies: 1 Ma. 3:59
- And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances. 1 Ma. 6:24
- Now, therefore, let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation. 1 Ma. 6:58
- The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall direct, with all their heart: 1 Ma. 8:25
- In like manner also if war shall come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the time shall permit them: 1 Ma. 8:27
- Since thy brother Judas died there is not a man like him to go forth against our enemies, Bacchides, and them that are the enemies of our nation. 1 Ma. 9:29
- For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation. 1 Ma. 10:5
- Now therefore, we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king's friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us. 1 Ma. 10:20
- And he wrote to them in these words: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting. 1 Ma. 10:25
- Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle. 1 Ma. 11:21
- And certain wicked men of his nation made complaints against him. 1 Ma. 11:25
- King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. 1 Ma. 11:30
- We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us. 1 Ma. 11:33
- And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying: I will not only do this for thee, and for thy people, but I will greatly honour thee, and thy nation, when opportunity shall serve. 1 Ma. 11:42
- And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan, the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance, as it was before. 1 Ma. 12:3
- Jonathan, the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting. 1 Ma. 12:6
- I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice. 1 Ma. 13:6
- King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting: 1 Ma. 13:36
- And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he sought the good of his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them well all his days. 1 Ma. 14:4
- And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master of the country. 1 Ma. 14:6
- In a great assembly of the priests, and of the people, and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the country, these things were notified: Forasmuch as there have often been wars in our country, 1 Ma. 14:28
- And Simon, the son of Mathathias, of the children of Jarib, and his brethren, have put themselves in danger, and have resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory. 1 Ma. 14:29
- And Jonathan gathered together his nation, and was made their high priest, and he was laid to his people. 1 Ma. 14:30
- Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages. 1 Ma. 14:32
- And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made him their prince and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to advance his people. 1 Ma. 14:35
- And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all. 1 Ma. 14:47
- ¤ And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon, the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people: 1 Ma. 15:1
- And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon, the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. 1 Ma. 15:2
- And when we shall have recovered our kingdom, we will glorify thee, and thy nation, and the temple, with great glory, so that your glory shall be made manifest in all the earth. 1 Ma. 15:9
- And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you. 1 Ma. 16:3
- And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and was zealous for the law of God. 2 Ma. 4:2
- Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation. 2 Ma. 6:12
- Thus did this man die, leaving not only to young men, but also to the whole nation, the memory of his death, for an example of virtue and fortitude. 2 Ma. 6:31
- Said: Whereas thou hast power among men though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that our nation is forsaken by God. 2 Ma. 7:16
- But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 2 Ma. 7:37
- But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Ma. 7:38
- And they ordained by a common statute, and decree, that all the nation of the Jews should keep those days every year. 2 Ma. 10:8
- Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors. 2 Ma. 11:25
- They gave them thanks, exhorting them to be still friendly to their nation, and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks being at hand. 2 Ma. 12:31
- Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king's interests, but in the next place also to provide for the good of my countrymen: for all our nation suffereth much from the evil proceedings of these men. 2 Ma. 14:8
- Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, take care, I beseech thee, both of the country, and of our nation, according to thy humanity which is known to all men. 2 Ma. 14:9
- And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 2 Ma. 14:34
- Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. Mt. 21:43
- For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places. Mt. 24:7
- For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places and famines. These things are the beginning of sorrows. Mk. 13:8
- For he loveth our nation: and he hath built us a synagogue. Lk. 7:5
- Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Lk. 21:10
- And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and saying that he is Christ the king. Lk. 23:2
- If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. Jn. 11:48
- Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not. Jn. 11:50
- And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. Jn. 11:51
- And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed. Jn. 11:52
- Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done? Jn. 18:35
- Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Acts 2:5
- And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place. Acts 7:7
- Who said: Cornelius, a centurion, a just man and one that feareth God, and having good testimony from all the nation of the Jews, received an answer of an holy angel, to send for thee into his house And to hear words of thee. Acts 10:22
- And he said to them: you know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew to keep company or to come unto one of another nation: but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean. Acts 10:28
- But in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh justice is acceptable to him. Acts 10:35
- Then Paul answered (the governor making a sign to him to speak): Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge over this nation, I will with good courage answer for myself. Acts 24:10
- Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings and vows. Acts 24:17
- And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: Acts 26:4
- But the Jews contradicting it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar: not that I had anything to accuse my nation of. Acts 28:19
- But I say: Hath not Israel known? First, Moses saith: I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation: by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom. 10:19
- In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren: 2 Cor. 11:26
- At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me. 2 Cor. 11:32
- And I made progress in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. Gal. 1:14
- But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 1 Pet. 2:9
- And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation: Apoc. 5:9
- And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. Apoc. 13:7
- And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth and over every nation and tribe and tongue and people: Apoc. 14:6
- It shal not be for you to take it vpon your shoulders. And now serue your Lord, and take the care of that nation Israel, in part according to your villages and tribes, 3 Esd. 1:4
- And they that were of the nation, taking Iechonias the sonne of Iosias, made him king for Iosias his father, when he was three and twentie yeares old. (4 Kings 23:30/ 2 Par. 36:1) 3 Esd. 1:34
- and he put a taxe vpon the nation of siluer an hundred talentes, and of gold one talent. 3 Esd. 1:36
- Who was moued euen vnto wrath vpon his nation for their impietie, and commanded the kinges of the Chaldees to come vp. 3 Esd. 1:52
- And the number of them of the same nation, of their rulers the children of Phares, two thousand an hundred seuentie two: 3 Esd. 5:9
- Therfore the Lord also, whose name is inuocated there, destroy euery king & nation, that shal extend their hand to hinder or to handle il the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem. 3 Esd. 6:33
- I of curtesie esteming it among benifites, haue commanded them that of their owne accord are desirous of the nation of the Iewes, and of the Priestes and Leuites, which are in my kingdom, to goe with thee into Ierusalem. 3 Esd. 8:11
- which is geuen for the nation it self vnto the temple of their Lord which is in Ierusalem: that this gold and siluer be gathered for oxen, and rammes, and lambes, and kiddes, and for the thinges that are agreable to these, 3 Esd. 8:15
- And they read againe the preceptes of the king to the kinges officers, and to the deputies of Coelesyria, and Phoenice: and they honored the nation, and the temple of our Lord. 3 Esd. 8:68
- Woe be to thee Assur, which hidest the wicked with thee. Thou naughtie nation, remember what I did to Sodom & Gomorrha: (Gen. 19:24) 4 Esd. 2:8
- And euerie nation walked in their owne wil, & they did meruelous thinges before thee, and despised thy preceptes. 4 Esd. 3:8
- Or hath anie nation knowen thee beside Israel: or what tribes haue beleued thy testamentes as Iacob? 4 Esd. 3:32
- Or when haue not they sinned in thy sight, that inhabite the earth? or what nation hath so obserued thy commandmentes? 4 Esd. 3:35
- And one shal thinke to ouerthrow an other: one citie an other citie, one place an other place, and nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. (Matt. 24/ Luke 21) 4 Esd. 13:31
- Because the sword is at hand and the destruction of them, and nation shal rise vp against nation to fight, & sword in their handes. (Matt. 24/ Luke 21) 4 Esd. 15:15