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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 6 / 11 (Isa 45:1–Jer 14:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations H1471 before him
And [fn]to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; H1471
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about [fn]their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - He says, “It is too [fn]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light [fn]of the nations H1471
So that My salvation may [fn]reach to the end of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation, H1471
To the Servant of rulers,
“Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also bow down,
Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations H1471
And set up My standard to the peoples;
And they will bring your sons in their bosom,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations, H1471
[fn]That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:15 - Thus He will sprinkle many nations, H1471
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - “For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.
And your [fn]descendants will possess nations H1471
And will resettle the desolate cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - “Behold, you will call a nation H1471 you do not know,
And a nation H1471 which knows you not will run to you,
Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel;
For He has glorified you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - “Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation H1471 that has done righteousness
And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight in the nearness of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3 - “Nations H1471 will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 - “Then you will see and be radiant,
And your heart will [fn]thrill and rejoice;
Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The wealth of the nations H1471 will come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - “Your gates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, H1471
With their kings led in procession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - “For the nation H1471 and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations H1471 will be utterly ruined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - “You will also suck the milk of nations H1471
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - “The smallest one will become a [fn]clan,
And the least one a mighty nation. H1471
I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6 - But you will be called the priests of the LORD;
You will be spoken of as ministers of our God.
You will eat the wealth of nations, H1471
And in their [fn]riches you will boast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - Then their offspring will be known among the nations, H1471
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the offspring whom the LORD has blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord [fn]GOD will cause righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - The nations H1471 will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new name
Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 - [fn]As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations H1471 may tremble at Your presence!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 - “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation H1471 which did not call on My name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8 - “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be [fn]born in one day?
Can a nation H1471 be brought forth all at once?
As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus says the LORD, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations H1471 like an overflowing stream;
And you will [fn]be nursed, you will be carried on the [fn]hip and fondled on the knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “For I [fn]know their works and their thoughts; [fn]the time is coming to gather all nations H1471 and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - “I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: H1471 Tarshish, [fn]Put, Lud, [fn]Meshech, Tubal and [fn]Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - “Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations H1471 as a grain offering to the LORD, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - “See, I have appointed you this day over the nations H1471 and over the kingdoms,
To pluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
To build and to plant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - “Has a nation H1471 changed gods
When they were not gods?
But My people have changed their glory
For that which does not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - “At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the LORD,’ and all the nations H1471 will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - “Then I said,
‘How I would set you among [fn]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ H1471
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’
In truth, in justice and in righteousness;
Then the nations H1471 will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - “A lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations H1471 has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To make your land a waste.
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - “Report it to the nations, H1471 now!
Proclaim over Jerusalem,
‘Besiegers come from a far country,
And lift their voices against the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9 - “Shall I not punish [fn]these people,” declares the LORD,
“And on a nation H1471 such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - “Behold, I am bringing a nation H1471 against you from afar, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
“It is an enduring nation, H1471
It is an ancient nation, H1471
A nation H1471 whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 - ‘Shall I not punish [fn]these people?’ declares the LORD,
‘On a nation H1471 such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18 - “Therefore hear, O nations, H1471
And know, O congregation, what is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - Thus says the LORD,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north land,
And a great nation H1471 will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28 - “You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation H1471 that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction; [fn]truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 - “Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD.
“On a nation H1471 such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - “I will scatter them among the nations, H1471 whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations H1471 are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus says the LORD,
“Do not learn the way of the nations, H1471
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations H1471 are terrified by them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:7 - Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? H1471
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the wise men of the nations H1471
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 - But the LORD is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations H1471 cannot endure His indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out Your wrath on the nations H1471 that do not know You
And on the families that do not call Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have devoured him and consumed him
And have laid waste his [fn]habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17 - “But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, H1471 uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are there any among the [fn]idols of the nations H1471 who give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O LORD our God?
Therefore we [fn]hope in You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

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