Nations
 Gen
11:5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower
that the men were building. 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the
same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will
be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language
so they will not understand each other."
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped
building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel--because there the LORD
confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them
over the face of the whole earth. NIV |
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Isa 10:5 Assyria is the whip of my anger; his military strength is my
weapon upon this godless nation, doomed and damned; he will enslave them
and plunder them and trample them like dirt beneath his feet. 7 But the king
of Assyria will not know that it is I who sent him. He will merely think
he is attacking my people as part of his plan to conquer the world. TLB
Amos 9:7 Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to
Me, O children of Israel?" says the LORD. "Did I not bring up Israel from
the land of Egypt, The Philistines from Caphtor, And the Syrians from Kir?
NKJV
Create & Destroy nations, viz.
IsraelEzek 17:22 "'This is what the Sovereign
LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant
it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it
on a high and lofty mountain. 23 On the mountain heights of Israel I will
plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar.
Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade
of its branches. 24 All the trees of the field will know that I the LORD
bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green
tree and make the dry tree flourish.
"'I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.'" NIV
Acts 17:26 He created all the people of the world from
one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth. He
decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and when. He determined their
boundaries. TLB
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Nations')Gen 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God appeared to him and told him, "I
am the Almighty; obey me and live as you should. 2 I will prepare a contract
between us, guaranteeing to make you into a mighty nation. In fact you shall
be the father of not only one nation, but a multitude of nations!"
Abram fell face downward in the dust as God talked with him. 5 "What's more,"
God told him, "I am changing your name. It is no longer 'Abram' ('Exalted
Father'), but 'Abraham' ('Father of Nations')-for that is what you will be.
I have declared it. 6 I will give you millions of descendants who will form
many nations! Kings shall be among your descendants! 7 And I will continue
this agreement between us generation after generation, forever, for it shall
be between me and your children as well. It is a contract that I shall be
your God and the God of your posterity. And I will give all this land of
Canaan to you and them, forever. And I will be your God. 9 "Your part of
the contract," God told him, "is to obey its terms. You personally and all
your posterity have this continual responsibility: that every male among
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OT:87 'Abram (ab-rawm'); contracted from OT:48;
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham: KJV - Abram.
OT:85 'Abraham (ab-raw-hawm'); contracted from OT:1 and an unused root (probably
meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of
Abram: KJV - Abraham. (Biblesoft's Strong's Numbers)
God's
SovereigntyPs
33:10 The LORD foils the plans of the
nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. 11 But the plans of
the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
NIV
Isa 25:1 O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God; you do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them, just as you said! 2 You turn mighty cities
into heaps of ruins. The strongest forts are turned to rubble. Beautiful
palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt. 3 Therefore
strong nations will shake with fear before you; ruthless nations will obey
and glorify your name. TLB
| Acts 17:26 He created all the people of the world
from one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth.
He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and when. He determined
their boundaries. TLB |
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Gen 9:18 The names of Noah's three sons were Shem,
Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the ancestor of the Canaanites.) 19 From
these three sons of Noah came all the nations of the earth. TLB
Gen 9:24 When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor, and learned what had happened
and what Ham, his younger son, had done, he cursed Ham's descendants: "A
curse upon the Canaanites [Hamites]," he swore. "May they be the lowest
of slaves to the descendants of Shem and Japheth."
Shem &
JaphetGen 9:26 God bless Japheth, And
let him share the prosperity of Shem,
TLB
Gen 9:27 May God extend the territory of
Japheth; may Japheth live
(dwell) in the tents of Shem,
NIV
The Niv is probably correct. That
Japhet would extend his territory at
the cost of other nations in other continents than just e_w Europe. We see
today that Hamites are not able even to manage what is historically their
territory.
OT:7931
shakan (shaw-kan'); a primitive root
[apparently akin (by transmission) to OT:7901 through the idea of lodging;
compare OT:5531, OT:7925]; to reside or permanently stay (literally or
figuratively):
KJV - abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell (-er), have habitation,
inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up). (Strong's
Numbers)
LanguageGen 10:20 These are the sons
of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
NIV
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and languages, in their territories and nations. NIV |
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This actually comes after Gen 11:1 At that time
all mankind spoke a single language (one language
and a common
speech NIV). 2 As the
population grew and spread eastward, a plain was discovered in the land of
Babylon (Shinar NIV)
and was soon thickly populated. 3 The people who lived
there began to talk about building a great city, with a temple-tower
reaching to the skies-a proud, eternal monument to themselves.
"This will weld us together," (so that
we may make a name for ourselves NIV) they said,
"and keep us from scattering all over the world." So they made great piles
of hardburned brick, and collected bitumen to use as mortar.
5 But when God came down to see the city and the tower mankind was making,
6 he said, "Look! If they are able to accomplish all this when they have
just begun to exploit their linguistic and political unity, just think of
what they will do later! Nothing will be unattainable for them!
("If as one people speaking the same language
they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible
for them NIV).
7 Come, let us go down and give them different languages, so that they won't
understand each other's words!"
8 So, in that way, God scattered them all over the earth; and that ended
the building of the city. 9 That is why the city was called Babel (meaning
"confusion"), because it was there that Jehovah confused them by giving them
many languages, thus widely scattering them across the face of the earth.
TLB
| BoundariesJosh 2:8 Rahab went up to talk
to the men before they retired for the night. 9 "I know perfectly well that
your God is going to give
my
country to you," she told them. "We are all afraid of you; everyone is
terrified if the word Israel is even mentioned. 10 For we have heard how
the Lord made a path through the Red Sea for you when you left Egypt! And
we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan,
and how you ruined their land and completely destroyed their people. 11 No
wonder we are afraid of you! No one has any fight left in him after hearing
things like that, for your God is the supreme God of heaven,
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Isaiah 10:13 For he
says: "By the
strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have
understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their
treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings."
Acts 17:26 He created all the people of the world from
one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth. He
decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and when. He determined
their boundaries. TLB
Four World Powers that Scattered
Israel/JudahZech 1:18 Then I looked and saw four animal horns!
19 "What are these?" I asked the angel.
He replied, "They represent the four world powers that have scattered Judah,
Israel, and Jerusalem."
20 Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths. 21 "What have these men come
to do?" I asked.
21 The angel replied, "They have come to take hold of the four horns that
scattered Judah so terribly, and to pound them on the anvil and throw them
away." TLB
Isa 10:7 But the king of Assyria will not know that it is I who sent him.
He will merely think he is attacking my people as part of his plan to
conquer the world. 8 He will declare that every one of his princes will
soon be a king, ruling a conquered land. TLB
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Ps 9:5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the
wicked, blotting out their names forever and ever. 6 O enemies of mine, you
are doomed forever. The Lord will destroy your cities; even the memory of
them will disappear. TLB
Deut 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or
your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but
on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive
them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. NIV See also
Israel and nations
Ps 9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have
dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. 16 The LORD is known
by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
NIV
Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be sent away to hell; this
is the fate of all the nations forgetting the Lord. 18 For the needs
of the needy shall not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor shall not
always be crushed. 19 O Lord, arise and judge and punish the nations; don't
let them defy you! 20 Make them tremble in fear; put the nations in their
place until at last they know they are but puny men. TLB
VaticanSlovakia became a puppet Nazi state led by the Jesuit prelate
Tiso. As head of Slovak nazi Party he declared, "Catholism & Nazism have
much in common and they work hand in hand to reform the world."
SalvationIsa
49:5 "And now," said the Lord-the Lord who formed me from my mother's womb
to serve him who commissioned me to restore to him his people Israel, who
has given me the strength to perform this task and honored me for doing it!-
6 "you shall do more than restore Israel to me. I will make you a Light to
the nations of the world to bring my salvation to them too." TLB |
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Acts 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened
to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked
through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had become silent, James
answered, saying, "Men and brethren, listen to me: 14 Simon has declared
how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for
His name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is
written:
16'After this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David,
which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins,And I will set it up; 17
So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, Even all the Gentiles
who are called by My name, Says the LORD who does all these things.'
NKJV (New dimension in belief for Christians)
Submit to
JehovahPsalms 68:31 Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals;
let Ethiopia bow in submission to God. 32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the
earth, Sing praises to the Lord.
Zech 2:11 "At that time many nations will be converted to the Lord, and they
too shall be my people; I will live among them all. Then you will know it
was the Lord Almighty who sent me to you (an angel). TLB
Isa 55:5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do
not know you will hasten to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One
of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor." NIV |
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