Mazmur 102:23

102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life;¹

he has cut short my days.

Yesaya 14:1

14:1 The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob;² he will again choose Israel as his special people³ and restore⁴ them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family⁵ of Jacob.

Yesaya 45:14

The Lord is the Nations’ Only Hope

45:14 This is what the Lord says:

“The profit⁶ of Egypt and the revenue⁷ of Ethiopia,

along with the Sabeans, those tall men,

will be brought to you⁸ and become yours.

They will walk behind you, coming along in chains.⁹

They will bow down to you

and pray to you:¹⁰

‘Truly God is with¹¹ you; he has no peer;¹²

there is no other God!’”

Yesaya 56:3

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of¹³ the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly¹⁴ exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

Yesaya 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote¹⁵ justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly.¹⁶

1 Korintus 14:25

14:25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, “God is really among you.”