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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

Aa
גּוֹי
Transliteration
gôy
Pronunciation
go'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1465)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 326e

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x

The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x
The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).
masculine noun

  1. nation, people

    1. nation, people

      1. usually of non-Hebrew people

      2. of descendants of Abraham

      3. of Israel

    2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

      proper masculine noun

    3. Goyim? = "nations"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS H1471: Abbreviations
גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew id. Gentiles, Phoenician גו community, axvfg, Sabean גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348) — ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix 1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9, גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5, גּוֺיֵךְ Kt Ezekiel 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out Ezekiel 36:15); plural גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr Genesis 25:23; Psalm 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13; Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5, 20, 31, 32; —
1. nation, people Genesis 10:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:20, 31, 32 (twice in verse) (all P) +; Isaiah 2:2, 4 (twice in verse) = Micah 4:2, 3(twice in verse); Job 12:23 (twice in verse); Job 34:29; Proverbs 14:34; כֹּל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (all J); Deuteronomy 28:1.
a. specifically of descendants of Abraham, גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 12:2; compare Genesis 18:18 (both J), גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:6, הֲמוֺן גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4, 15 (all P); of Sarah גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֺי Genesis 21:13, גָּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 21:18 (both E), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֺי וּקְהַל גּוֺיִם Genesis 35:11 (P), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ Genesis 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Exodus 32:10 (J) compare Numbers 14:12 (J) Deuteronomy 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Genesis 25:23 (J).
b. definitely of Israel Exodus 19:6 (קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳) Exodus 33:13 (both J E), Deuteronomy 4:6 (הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8) see also Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 26:5 compare Psalm 33:12; Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies) Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1; Joshua 5:8 (JE), Joshua 5:6 (D), Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen) Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah Isaiah 26:2, 15 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 60:22; Micah 4:7; once my people Zephaniah 2:9 (|| עַם); thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), compare also Ezekiel 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Deuteronomy 32:28; Judges 2:20; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 5:9, 29; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:17; Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Haggai 2:14; Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see Genesis 17:4, 5, 6, 16; Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10 (JE) Leviticus 25:44 (H) Numbers 14:15 (J) Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:17; 1 Chronicles 16:20; Isaiah 11:10, 12 + often; opposed to Israel as עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see H5971 עם, compare also Numbers 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1] circle or district of the nations (see H1551 גָּלִיל); also חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (Greek Version of the LXX Di to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Leviticus 8:24, 28 (P) Leviticus 20:23 (H) 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezra 6:21; Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile Genesis 15:14 (J) Leviticus 26:33, 38, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:9; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes || עַם Psalm 33:10; Psalm 33:12; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 6:18, see also Isaiah 2:2, 4 compare with Micah 4:1, 3.
2. figurative of swarm of locusts Joel 1:6; of all species of beasts Zephaniah 2:14.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1, 9 probably mutilated proper name see below.

גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1, 9, in phrase תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on Genesis 14:1; also KGF258and elsewhere; compare also DlPa 233 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:32; 12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 14:1; 14:1; 14:1; 14:9; 14:9; 15:14; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:15; 17:16; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 18:18; 18:18; 21:13; 21:18; 22:18; 25:23; 25:23; 26:4; 35:11; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19

Exodus

9:24; 19:6; 32:10; 33:13; 34:10

Leviticus

8:24; 8:28; 20:23; 25:44; 26:33; 26:38; 26:45

Numbers

14:12; 14:15; 23:9

Deuteronomy

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:27; 4:34; 9:4; 9:5; 9:14; 15:6; 18:9; 26:5; 28:1; 32:28

Joshua

3:17; 4:1; 5:6; 5:8; 10:13; 12:23

Judges

2:20; 4:2; 4:13; 4:16

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

5:11; 14:24

2 Kings

17:8; 17:11; 17:15; 17:26; 17:29

1 Chronicles

14:17; 16:20; 16:35; 17:21

2 Chronicles

28:3; 32:13; 32:13

Ezra

6:21; 6:21

Job

12:23; 34:29

Psalms

33:10; 33:12; 33:12; 79:10; 83:5; 106:5; 106:5

Proverbs

14:34

Isaiah

1:4; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 9:1; 10:6; 11:10; 11:10; 11:12; 26:2; 26:15; 58:2; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:9; 5:15; 5:29; 6:18; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17; 31:36; 33:24

Ezekiel

2:3; 4:13; 5:6; 20:32; 25:8; 35:10; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 37:22; 37:22

Joel

1:6

Micah

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9; 2:14

Haggai

2:14

Malachi

3:9

H1471

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 11 (Joe 2:19–Zec 12:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD [fn]will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with [fn]them;
And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather all the nations H1471
And bring them down to the valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations; H1471
And they have divided up My land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8 - “Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” H1471 for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:9 - Proclaim this among the nations: H1471
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:11 - [fn]Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, H1471
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - Let the nations H1471 be aroused
And come up to the valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, H1471
To whom the house of Israel comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation H1471 against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations H1471
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a [fn]kernel will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12 - That they may possess the remnant of Edom
And all the [fn]nations H1471 who are called by My name,”
Declares the LORD who does this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations H1471 saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; H1471
You are greatly despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:15 - “For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. H1471
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16 - “Because just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations H1471 will drink continually.
They will drink and [fn]swallow
And become as if they had never existed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2 - Many nations H1471 will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, [fn]distant nations. H1471
Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation H1471 will not lift up sword against nation, H1471
And never again will they [fn]train for war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:7 - “I will make the lame a remnant
And the outcasts a strong nation, H1471
And the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 - “And now many nations H1471 have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes [fn]gloat over Zion.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations, H1471
Among many peoples
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
Tramples down and tears,
And there is none to rescue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15 - “And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations H1471 which have not obeyed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:16 - Nations H1471 will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - All because of the many harlotries of the harlot,
The charming one, the mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations H1471 by her harlotries
And families by her sorceries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:5 - “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of hosts;
“And I will [fn]lift up your skirts over your face,
And show to the nations H1471 your nakedness
And to the kingdoms your disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:5 - “Look among the nations! H1471 Observe!
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days—
You would not believe if [fn]you were told.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - “For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That [fn]fierce and impetuous people H1471
Who march [fn]throughout the earth
To [fn]seize dwelling places which are not theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Will they therefore empty their net
And continually slay nations H1471 without sparing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - “Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man,
So that he does not stay at home.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations H1471
And collects to himself all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 - “Because you have looted many nations, H1471
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He stood and surveyed the earth;
He looked and startled the nations. H1471
Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills [fn]collapsed.
His ways are everlasting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:12 - In indignation You marched through the earth;
In anger You [fn]trampled the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:1 - Gather yourselves together, yes, gather,
O nation H1471 without [fn]shame,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation H1471 of the [fn]Cherethites!
The word of the LORD is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will destroy you
So that there will be no inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - “Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“Surely Moab will be like Sodom
And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And the remainder of My nation H1471 will inherit them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will [fn]starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations H1471 will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Flocks will lie down in her midst,
[fn]All beasts which range in herds; H1471
Both the [fn]pelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in [fn]the tops of her pillars;
[fn]Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations; H1471
Their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets desolate,
With no one passing by;
Their cities are laid waste,
Without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, H1471
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - ‘I will shake all the nations; H1471 and [fn]they will come with the wealth of all nations, H1471 and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14 - Then Haggai said, “ ‘So is this people. And so is this nation H1471 before Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; H1471 and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - “But I am very angry with the nations H1471 who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they [fn]furthered the disaster.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations H1471 who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, “After [fn]glory He has sent me against the nations H1471 which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the [fn]apple of His eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - “Many nations H1471 will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - “but I [fn]scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations H1471 whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them [fn]so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:13 - ‘It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, H1471 O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22 - ‘So many peoples and mighty nations H1471 will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the [fn]nations H1471 will [fn]grasp the [fn]garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations; H1471
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the [fn]River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3 - “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely [fn]injured. And all the nations H1471 of the earth will be gathered against it.

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