You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.
Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great sea on the west.
Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;
So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.
Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;
And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.
And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--
The nations of edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.
And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.
Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;
And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.
So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.
They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.
So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.
Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?
Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.
But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.
Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.
And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.
And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?
These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold he had taken from all nations; from edom and Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.
And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.
More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?
Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers put to destruction, who was able to keep his people safe from my hands? and is it possible that your God will keep you safe from my hands?
And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah keep his people safe from my hands.
And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
And the rest of the nations which the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:
And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.
The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.
You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)
The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.
You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.
I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.
You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)
But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.
He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)
So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.
O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.
May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
You are the God who does works of power: you have made your strength clear to the nations.
Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.
<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.
Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.
You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.
Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.
Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.
The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.
So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:
And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;
That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.
But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.
And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.
Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.
I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations.
He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will be full of dead bodies; the head over a great country will be wounded by him.
He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.
The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.
Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.
All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death;
The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;
He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, galilee of the nations.
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.
The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.
He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.
This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.
Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!
Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.
And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.
And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.
And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.
At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.
Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.
For the Lord is angry with all the nations, and his wrath is burning against all their armies: he has put them to the curse, he has given them to destruction.
Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?
Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
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