Haller's Concordance: NATION
- And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. Gen. 12:2
- and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance; Gen. 15:14
- As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation; Gen. 17:20
- and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth? Gen. 18:18
- And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay? Gen. 20:4
- As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.' Gen. 21:13
- rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.' Gen. 21:18
- And God saith to him, `I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out; Gen. 35:11
- And He saith, `I am God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there; Gen. 46:3
- and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation. Ex. 9:24
- and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these are the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.' Ex. 19:6
- and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.' Ex. 32:10
- `And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation is Thy people;' Ex. 33:13
- And He saith, `Lo, I am making a covenant: before all thy people I do wonders, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation, and all the people in whose midst thou art have seen the work of Jehovah, for it is fearful that which I am doing with thee. Ex. 34:10
- and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you; Lev. 18:28
- and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them; Lev. 20:23
- I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.' Num. 14:12
- and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation. Dt. 4:6
- `For which is the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him? Dt. 4:7
- and which is the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? Dt. 4:8
- Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes? Dt. 4:34
- desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it. Dt. 9:14
- `And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean is my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous; Dt. 26:5
- `Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone; Dt. 28:36
- `Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard, Dt. 28:49
- a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour; Dt. 28:50
- They have made Me zealous by `no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry. Dt. 32:21
- For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them. Dt. 32:28
- and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan. Josh. 3:17
- And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, Josh. 4:1
- for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed; Josh. 5:6
- And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering; Josh. 5:8
- and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, `and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?' Josh. 10:13
- And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, `Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice -- Judg. 2:20
- `And who is as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- among the nations and their gods? 2 Sam. 7:23
- Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee; 1 Ki. 18:10
- And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;' and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. 2 Ki. 6:18
- and they are making each nation its gods, and place them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling. 2 Ki. 17:29
- And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people. 1 Chr. 16:20
- `And who is as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt -- nations? 1 Chr. 17:21
- and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity; 2 Chr. 15:6
- `And, now, let not Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God doth not deliver you from my hand!' 2 Chr. 32:15
- And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same. Job 34:29
- O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him. Ps. 33:12
- Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, Ps. 43:1
- They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.' Ps. 83:4
- And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people. Ps. 105:13
- To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance. Ps. 106:5
- He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah! Ps. 147:20
- Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples is a sin-offering. Pr. 14:34
- Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy with iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward. Isa. 1:4
- And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war. Isa. 2:4
- Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil. Isa. 9:3
- Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places. Isa. 10:6
- And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? `That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!' Isa. 14:32
- That is sending by sea ambassadors, Even with implements of reed on the face of the waters, -- Go, ye light messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and peeled, Unto a people fearful from its beginning and onwards, A nation meeting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled. Isa. 18:2
- At that time brought is a present to Jehovah of Hosts, A nation drawn out and peeled. Even of a people fearful from the beginning hitherto, A nation meting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled, Unto the place of the name of Jehovah of Hosts -- mount Zion!' Isa. 18:7
- Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness. Isa. 26:2
- Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth. Isa. 26:15
- Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.' Isa. 49:7
- Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest. Isa. 51:4
- Lo, a nation thou knowest not, thou callest, And a nation who know thee not unto thee do run, For the sake of Jehovah thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee. Isa. 55:5
- Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire: Isa. 58:2
- For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted. Isa. 60:12
- The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it! Isa. 60:22
- I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name. Isa. 65:1
- Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day? Born is a nation at once? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons. Isa. 66:8
- Hath a nation changed gods? (And they are no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit. Jer. 2:11
- For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself? Jer. 5:9
- Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation -- strong it is, a nation -- from of old it is, A nation -- thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh. Jer. 5:15
- For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself? Jer. 5:29
- Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth. Jer. 6:22
- And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth. Jer. 7:28
- For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself? Jer. 9:9
- And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!' Jer. 12:17
- The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, Jer. 18:7
- And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it. Jer. 18:8
- And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, Jer. 18:9
- `And it hath come to pass, at the fulness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for desolations age-during. Jer. 25:12
- Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, evil is going out from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind is stirred up from the sides of the earth. Jer. 25:32
- And it hath come to pass, the nation and the kingdom that do not serve him -- Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon -- and that which putteth not its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, I lay a charge on that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- till I consume them by his hand. Jer. 27:8
- And the nation that causeth its neck to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and hath served him -- I have left it on its ground -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and it hath tilled it, and dwelt in it.' Jer. 27:11
- Why do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon? Jer. 27:13
- If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days. Jer. 31:36
- There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from being a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword. Jer. 48:2
- Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of Jehovah, It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar, Alone they do dwell. Jer. 49:31
- And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in. Jer. 49:36
- For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone. Jer. 50:3
- Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth. Jer. 50:41
- While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation that saveth not. Lam. 4:17
- And I have made them become one nation in the land, on mountains of Israel, And one king is to them all for king, And they are no more as two nations, Nor are they divided any more into two kingdoms again. Ezek. 37:22
- And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.' Dan. 3:29
- and that being broken, stand up do four in its place, four kingdoms from the nation do stand up, and not in its power. Dan. 8:22
- And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation. Dan. 11:23
- `And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book. Dan. 12:1
- For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness. Joel 1:6
- And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken. Joel 3:8
- Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert. Amos 6:14
- And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more. Mic. 4:3
- And I have set the halting for a remnant, And the far-off for a mighty nation, And reigned hath Jehovah over them in mount Zion, From henceforth, and unto the age. Mic. 4:7
- For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own. Hab. 1:6
- Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired, Zeph. 2:1
- Ho! O inhabitants of the sea-coast, Nation of the Cherethites, A word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines, And I have destroyed thee without an inhabitant. Zeph. 2:5
- Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them. Zeph. 2:9
- And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, `Destruction is at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.' Zeph. 2:14
- And Haggai answereth and saith, `So is this people, and so is this nation before Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and so is every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there -- it is unclean. Hag. 2:14
- With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it. Mal. 3:9
- `Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit; Mt. 21:43
- `For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places; Mt. 24:7
- and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation -- and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter. Mk. 7:26
- for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows are these. Mk. 13:8
- for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.' Lk. 7:5
- Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, Lk. 21:10
- and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.' Lk. 23:2
- if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.' Jn. 11:48
- nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.' Jn. 11:50
- And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation, Jn. 11:51
- and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one. Jn. 11:52
- Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?' Jn. 18:35
- And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven, Acts 2:5
- and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place. Acts 7:7
- And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one, Acts 8:9
- And they said, `Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.' Acts 10:22
- but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him; Acts 10:35
- He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings -- Acts 17:26
- and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, `Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought, Acts 24:2
- And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer; Acts 24:10
- `And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings, Acts 24:17
- `The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth -- which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem -- know do all the Jews, Acts 26:4
- and the Jews having spoken against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of; Acts 28:19
- But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,' Rom. 10:19
- and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light; 1 Pet. 2:9
- and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, Rev. 5:9
- and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. Rev. 13:7
- And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people, Rev. 14:6