Hosea 1:10 “But down the road the population of Israel is going to explode past counting, like sand on the ocean beaches. In the very place where they were once named N...

1:10 MSG

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The Message - “But down the road the population of Israel is going to explode past counting, like sand on the ocean beaches. In the very place where they were once named Nobody, they will be named God’s Somebody. Everybody in Judah and everybody in Israel will be assembled as one people. They’ll choose a single leader. There’ll be no stopping them—a great day in Jezreel!”
新标点和合本 - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说：‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说：‘你们是永生　神的儿子’。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然而，以色列的人数必多如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”，将来就在那里称他们为“永生上帝的儿子”。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然而，以色列的人数必多如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”，将来就在那里称他们为“永生　神的儿子”。
当代译本 - “然而，以色列的人数必像海沙一样量不尽、数不完。从前我在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，将来也要在那里对他们说‘你们是永活上帝的儿女’。
圣经新译本 - “然而，以色列人的数目，必多如海边的沙，量不尽，数不完。从前在什么地方对他们说： ‘你们不是我的子民’，将来要在那里对他们说： ‘你们是永活的　神的儿子。’
现代标点和合本 - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说‘你们是永生神的儿子’。
和合本（拼音版） - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量、不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说：‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说：‘你们是永生上帝的儿子。’
New International Version - “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’
New International Reader's Version - “But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them, ‘You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called ‘children of the living God.’
English Standard Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
New Living Translation - “Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’
Christian Standard Bible - Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
New American Standard Bible - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or counted; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
New King James Version - “Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘You are sons of the living God.’
Amplified Bible - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
American Standard Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
King James Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
New English Translation - (2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”
World English Bible - Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
新標點和合本 - 然而，以色列的人數必如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來在那裏必對他們說「你們是永生神的兒子」。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然而，以色列的人數必多如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來就在那裏稱他們為「永生上帝的兒子」。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然而，以色列的人數必多如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來就在那裏稱他們為「永生　神的兒子」。
當代譯本 - 「然而，以色列的人數必像海沙一樣量不盡、數不完。從前我在什麼地方對他們說『你們不是我的子民』，將來也要在那裡對他們說『你們是永活上帝的兒女』。
聖經新譯本 - “然而，以色列人的數目，必多如海邊的沙，量不盡，數不完。從前在甚麼地方對他們說： ‘你們不是我的子民’，將來要在那裡對他們說： ‘你們是永活的　神的兒子。’
呂振中譯本 - 『然而以色列的人數必如同海沙，不可量，不可數；從前在甚麼地方有話對他們說：「你們不是我的子民」，將來在那裏也必有話對他們說：「你們乃是永活上帝的兒子。」
現代標點和合本 - 「然而，以色列的人數必如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在什麼地方對他們說『你們不是我的子民』，將來在那裡必對他們說『你們是永生神的兒子』。
文理和合譯本 - 以色列人數、將若海沙、不能量數、昔於何處謂之曰、爾非我民、後則於彼謂之曰、爾乃維生上帝之子、
文理委辦譯本 - 越至於後、以色列族其數必如海沙、不能斗量籌算也、今我語人曰、爾非我民、異日將稱為永生上帝眾子、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 將來或作雖然以色列人數必如海沙、不可量、不可計、今我語之曰、爾曹非我民、後日必稱為永生天主之子、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Con todo, los israelitas serán tan numerosos como la arena del mar, que no se puede medir ni contar. Y en el mismo lugar donde se les llamó: “Pueblo ajeno”, se les llamará: “Hijos del Dios viviente”.
현대인의 성경 - “그러나 이스라엘 백성의 수가 바다의 모래와 같아서 측량할 수도 없고 셀 수도 없는 날이 올 것이다. ‘너희는 내 백성이 아니다’ 라고 한 그 곳에서 너희가 ‘살아 계신 하나님의 자녀’ 라는 말을 듣게 될 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И все же число израильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод - Всё же число исраильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё же число исраильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё же число исроильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
リビングバイブル - それでも、イスラエルが栄え、大きな民となる時がくる。その日には、彼らは海辺の砂のように数えきれないほどの数となる。その時わたしは彼らに、『あなたたちはわたしの民ではない』と言わずに、『あなたたちはわたしの息子、生ける神の子どもだ』と言おう。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Contudo os israelitas ainda serão como a areia da praia, que não se pode medir nem contar. No lugar onde se dizia a eles: ‘Vocês não são meu povo’, eles serão chamados ‘filhos do Deus vivo’.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tuy nhiên, sẽ có thời kỳ dân số Ít-ra-ên nhiều như cát biển—không thể đếm được! Lúc ấy, chính tại nơi Ta đã bảo chúng: ‘Các ngươi chẳng phải là dân Ta nữa,’ Ta sẽ gọi chúng: ‘Các ngươi là con cái của Đức Chúa Trời Hằng Sống.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ถึงกระนั้นชนชาติอิสราเอลจะเป็นเหมือนเม็ดทรายที่ชายทะเลซึ่งตวงนับไม่ได้ ในที่ซึ่งพระเจ้าตรัสแก่เขาว่า ‘เจ้าไม่ใช่ประชากรของเรา’ พวกเขาจะได้ชื่อว่า ‘บุตรของพระเจ้าผู้ทรงพระชนม์อยู่’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถึงกระนั้นจำนวนลูกหลานของอิสราเอลจะมากมายเปรียบได้กับเม็ดทรายบนชายฝั่งทะเล ซึ่งนับไม่ถ้วน และในสถานที่ซึ่งพวกเขาถูกกล่าวถึงว่า ‘เจ้าไม่ใช่ชนชาติของเรา’ พวกเขาจะได้รับเรียกว่า ‘บรรดาบุตรของพระเจ้าผู้ดำรงอยู่’

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Isaiah 54:1 - “Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who’ve never experienced childbirth! You’re ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women.” God says so! “Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You’re going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You’re going to take over whole nations; you’re going to resettle abandoned cities. Don’t be afraid—you’re not going to be embarrassed. Don’t hold back—you’re not going to come up short. You’ll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth. You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief, and God welcomed you back, Like a woman married young and then left,” says your God.
Isaiah 49:19 - “And your ruined land? Your devastated, decimated land? Filled with more people than you know what to do with! And your barbarian enemies, a fading memory. The children born in your exile will be saying, ‘It’s getting too crowded here. I need more room.’ And you’ll say to yourself, ‘Where on earth did these children come from? I lost everything, had nothing, was exiled and penniless. So who reared these children? How did these children get here?’”
Isaiah 49:22 - The Master, God, says: “Look! I signal to the nations, I raise my flag to summon the people. Here they’ll come: women carrying your little boys in their arms, men carrying your little girls on their shoulders. Kings will be your babysitters, princesses will be your nursemaids. They’ll offer to do all your drudge work— scrub your floors, do your laundry. You’ll know then that I am God. No one who hopes in me ever regrets it.”
Isaiah 60:8 - “What’s that we see in the distance, a cloud on the horizon, like doves darkening the sky? It’s ships from the distant islands, the famous Tarshish ships Returning your children from faraway places, loaded with riches, with silver and gold, And backed by the name of your God, The Holy of Israel, showering you with splendor. Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings assist you in the conduct of worship. When I was angry I hit you hard. It’s my desire now to be tender. Your Jerusalem gates will always be open —open house day and night!— Receiving deliveries of wealth from all nations, and their kings, the delivery boys! Any nation or kingdom that doesn’t deliver will perish; those nations will be totally wasted. The rich woods of Lebanon will be delivered —all that cypress and oak and pine— To give a splendid elegance to my Sanctuary, as I make my footstool glorious. The descendants of your oppressor will come bowing and scraping to you. All who looked down at you in contempt will lick your boots. They’ll confer a title on you: City of God, Zion of The Holy of Israel. Not long ago you were despised refuse— out-of-the-way, unvisited, ignored. But now I’ve put you on your feet, towering and grand forever, a joy to look at! When you suck the milk of nations and the breasts of royalty, You’ll know that I, God, am your Savior, your Redeemer, Champion of Jacob. I’ll give you only the best—no more hand-me-downs! Gold instead of bronze, silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, iron instead of stones. I’ll install Peace to run your country, make Righteousness your boss. There’ll be no more stories of crime in your land, no more robberies, no more vandalism. You’ll name your main street Salvation Way, and install Praise Park at the center of town. You’ll have no more need of the sun by day nor the brightness of the moon at night. God will be your eternal light, your God will bathe you in splendor. Your sun will never go down, your moon will never fade. I will be your eternal light. Your days of grieving are over. All your people will live right and well, in permanent possession of the land. They’re the green shoot that I planted, planted with my own hands to display my glory. The runt will become a great tribe, the weakling become a strong nation. I am God. At the right time I’ll make it happen.”
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
1 John 3:1 - What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.
1 John 3:2 - But friends, that’s exactly who we are: children of God. And that’s only the beginning. Who knows how we’ll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we’ll see him—and in seeing him, become like him. All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus’ life as a model for our own.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. * * *

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The Message - “But down the road the population of Israel is going to explode past counting, like sand on the ocean beaches. In the very place where they were once named Nobody, they will be named God’s Somebody. Everybody in Judah and everybody in Israel will be assembled as one people. They’ll choose a single leader. There’ll be no stopping them—a great day in Jezreel!”
新标点和合本 - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说：‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说：‘你们是永生　神的儿子’。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然而，以色列的人数必多如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”，将来就在那里称他们为“永生上帝的儿子”。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然而，以色列的人数必多如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”，将来就在那里称他们为“永生　神的儿子”。
当代译本 - “然而，以色列的人数必像海沙一样量不尽、数不完。从前我在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，将来也要在那里对他们说‘你们是永活上帝的儿女’。
圣经新译本 - “然而，以色列人的数目，必多如海边的沙，量不尽，数不完。从前在什么地方对他们说： ‘你们不是我的子民’，将来要在那里对他们说： ‘你们是永活的　神的儿子。’
现代标点和合本 - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量，不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说‘你们是永生神的儿子’。
和合本（拼音版） - “然而，以色列的人数必如海沙，不可量、不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说：‘你们不是我的子民’，将来在那里必对他们说：‘你们是永生上帝的儿子。’
New International Version - “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’
New International Reader's Version - “But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them, ‘You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called ‘children of the living God.’
English Standard Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
New Living Translation - “Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’
Christian Standard Bible - Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
New American Standard Bible - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or counted; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
New King James Version - “Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘You are sons of the living God.’
Amplified Bible - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
American Standard Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
King James Version - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
New English Translation - (2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”
World English Bible - Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
新標點和合本 - 然而，以色列的人數必如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來在那裏必對他們說「你們是永生神的兒子」。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然而，以色列的人數必多如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來就在那裏稱他們為「永生上帝的兒子」。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然而，以色列的人數必多如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在甚麼地方對他們說「你們不是我的子民」，將來就在那裏稱他們為「永生　神的兒子」。
當代譯本 - 「然而，以色列的人數必像海沙一樣量不盡、數不完。從前我在什麼地方對他們說『你們不是我的子民』，將來也要在那裡對他們說『你們是永活上帝的兒女』。
聖經新譯本 - “然而，以色列人的數目，必多如海邊的沙，量不盡，數不完。從前在甚麼地方對他們說： ‘你們不是我的子民’，將來要在那裡對他們說： ‘你們是永活的　神的兒子。’
呂振中譯本 - 『然而以色列的人數必如同海沙，不可量，不可數；從前在甚麼地方有話對他們說：「你們不是我的子民」，將來在那裏也必有話對他們說：「你們乃是永活上帝的兒子。」
現代標點和合本 - 「然而，以色列的人數必如海沙，不可量，不可數。從前在什麼地方對他們說『你們不是我的子民』，將來在那裡必對他們說『你們是永生神的兒子』。
文理和合譯本 - 以色列人數、將若海沙、不能量數、昔於何處謂之曰、爾非我民、後則於彼謂之曰、爾乃維生上帝之子、
文理委辦譯本 - 越至於後、以色列族其數必如海沙、不能斗量籌算也、今我語人曰、爾非我民、異日將稱為永生上帝眾子、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 將來或作雖然以色列人數必如海沙、不可量、不可計、今我語之曰、爾曹非我民、後日必稱為永生天主之子、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Con todo, los israelitas serán tan numerosos como la arena del mar, que no se puede medir ni contar. Y en el mismo lugar donde se les llamó: “Pueblo ajeno”, se les llamará: “Hijos del Dios viviente”.
현대인의 성경 - “그러나 이스라엘 백성의 수가 바다의 모래와 같아서 측량할 수도 없고 셀 수도 없는 날이 올 것이다. ‘너희는 내 백성이 아니다’ 라고 한 그 곳에서 너희가 ‘살아 계신 하나님의 자녀’ 라는 말을 듣게 될 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И все же число израильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод - Всё же число исраильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё же число исраильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё же число исроильтян будет как морской песок, который нельзя измерить или сосчитать. И там, где им было сказано: «Вы не Мой народ», они будут названы сынами живого Бога.
リビングバイブル - それでも、イスラエルが栄え、大きな民となる時がくる。その日には、彼らは海辺の砂のように数えきれないほどの数となる。その時わたしは彼らに、『あなたたちはわたしの民ではない』と言わずに、『あなたたちはわたしの息子、生ける神の子どもだ』と言おう。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Contudo os israelitas ainda serão como a areia da praia, que não se pode medir nem contar. No lugar onde se dizia a eles: ‘Vocês não são meu povo’, eles serão chamados ‘filhos do Deus vivo’.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tuy nhiên, sẽ có thời kỳ dân số Ít-ra-ên nhiều như cát biển—không thể đếm được! Lúc ấy, chính tại nơi Ta đã bảo chúng: ‘Các ngươi chẳng phải là dân Ta nữa,’ Ta sẽ gọi chúng: ‘Các ngươi là con cái của Đức Chúa Trời Hằng Sống.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ถึงกระนั้นชนชาติอิสราเอลจะเป็นเหมือนเม็ดทรายที่ชายทะเลซึ่งตวงนับไม่ได้ ในที่ซึ่งพระเจ้าตรัสแก่เขาว่า ‘เจ้าไม่ใช่ประชากรของเรา’ พวกเขาจะได้ชื่อว่า ‘บุตรของพระเจ้าผู้ทรงพระชนม์อยู่’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถึงกระนั้นจำนวนลูกหลานของอิสราเอลจะมากมายเปรียบได้กับเม็ดทรายบนชายฝั่งทะเล ซึ่งนับไม่ถ้วน และในสถานที่ซึ่งพวกเขาถูกกล่าวถึงว่า ‘เจ้าไม่ใช่ชนชาติของเรา’ พวกเขาจะได้รับเรียกว่า ‘บรรดาบุตรของพระเจ้าผู้ดำรงอยู่’

Isaiah 54:1 - “Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who’ve never experienced childbirth! You’re ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women.” God says so! “Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You’re going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You’re going to take over whole nations; you’re going to resettle abandoned cities. Don’t be afraid—you’re not going to be embarrassed. Don’t hold back—you’re not going to come up short. You’ll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth. You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief, and God welcomed you back, Like a woman married young and then left,” says your God.
Isaiah 49:19 - “And your ruined land? Your devastated, decimated land? Filled with more people than you know what to do with! And your barbarian enemies, a fading memory. The children born in your exile will be saying, ‘It’s getting too crowded here. I need more room.’ And you’ll say to yourself, ‘Where on earth did these children come from? I lost everything, had nothing, was exiled and penniless. So who reared these children? How did these children get here?’”
Isaiah 49:22 - The Master, God, says: “Look! I signal to the nations, I raise my flag to summon the people. Here they’ll come: women carrying your little boys in their arms, men carrying your little girls on their shoulders. Kings will be your babysitters, princesses will be your nursemaids. They’ll offer to do all your drudge work— scrub your floors, do your laundry. You’ll know then that I am God. No one who hopes in me ever regrets it.”
Isaiah 60:8 - “What’s that we see in the distance, a cloud on the horizon, like doves darkening the sky? It’s ships from the distant islands, the famous Tarshish ships Returning your children from faraway places, loaded with riches, with silver and gold, And backed by the name of your God, The Holy of Israel, showering you with splendor. Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings assist you in the conduct of worship. When I was angry I hit you hard. It’s my desire now to be tender. Your Jerusalem gates will always be open —open house day and night!— Receiving deliveries of wealth from all nations, and their kings, the delivery boys! Any nation or kingdom that doesn’t deliver will perish; those nations will be totally wasted. The rich woods of Lebanon will be delivered —all that cypress and oak and pine— To give a splendid elegance to my Sanctuary, as I make my footstool glorious. The descendants of your oppressor will come bowing and scraping to you. All who looked down at you in contempt will lick your boots. They’ll confer a title on you: City of God, Zion of The Holy of Israel. Not long ago you were despised refuse— out-of-the-way, unvisited, ignored. But now I’ve put you on your feet, towering and grand forever, a joy to look at! When you suck the milk of nations and the breasts of royalty, You’ll know that I, God, am your Savior, your Redeemer, Champion of Jacob. I’ll give you only the best—no more hand-me-downs! Gold instead of bronze, silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, iron instead of stones. I’ll install Peace to run your country, make Righteousness your boss. There’ll be no more stories of crime in your land, no more robberies, no more vandalism. You’ll name your main street Salvation Way, and install Praise Park at the center of town. You’ll have no more need of the sun by day nor the brightness of the moon at night. God will be your eternal light, your God will bathe you in splendor. Your sun will never go down, your moon will never fade. I will be your eternal light. Your days of grieving are over. All your people will live right and well, in permanent possession of the land. They’re the green shoot that I planted, planted with my own hands to display my glory. The runt will become a great tribe, the weakling become a strong nation. I am God. At the right time I’ll make it happen.”
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
1 John 3:1 - What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.
1 John 3:2 - But friends, that’s exactly who we are: children of God. And that’s only the beginning. Who knows how we’ll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we’ll see him—and in seeing him, become like him. All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus’ life as a model for our own.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. * * *