GLORY Isaiah 48:11

"For my own sake, for my own sake I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another." 

For my own sake 
1 Samuel 12:22  "For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own."
Isaiah 37:35  "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!"

How can I let myself be defamed? 
Leviticus 18:21  " 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.' "
Deuteronomy 32:26-27  "I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory, but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, 'Our hand has triumphed; the LORD has not done all this.' "
Jeremiah 14:7  Although our sins testify against us, do something, LORD, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.
Jeremiah 14:21  For the sake of your name do not despise us; do not dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us and do not break it.
Ezekiel 20:9  " 'But for the sake of my name I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.' "
Ezekiel 20:14  " 'But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I brought them out.' "
Ezekiel 20:22  " 'But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.' "
Ezekiel 20:44  " 'You will know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for my name's sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "

I will not yield my glory to another 
Isaiah 42:8  "I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols."

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GLORY Isaiah 44:23 Part 2 of 2

Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

he displays his glory in Israel 
Exodus 16:10  While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud.
Leviticus 10:3  Moses then said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke of when he said: 'Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.' " Aaron remained silent.
Isaiah 4:2  In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
Isaiah 43:7  "... everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
Isaiah 46:13  I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel.
Isaiah 49:3  He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor."
Isaiah 52:1  Awake, awake, Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
Isaiah 55:5  "Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor."
Isaiah 60:9  Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.
Isaiah 60:21  "Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor."
Isaiah 61:3  ... and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Jeremiah 30:19  " 'From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.' "

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GLORY Isaiah 44:23 Part 1 of 2

Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

Sing for joy, you heavens 
Psalm 98:4  Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; ...
Isaiah 12:6  "Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."

shout aloud, you earth beneath 
1 Chronicles 16:31  Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"
Psalm 148:7  Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, ...

Burst into song, you mountains 
Psalm 98:8  Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; ...

you forests and all your trees 
Psalm 65:13  The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

for the LORD has redeemed Jacob 
Exodus 6:6  "Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.' "
Isaiah 51:11  Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Isaiah 62:12  They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted. (Zion/Jerusalem)

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GLORY Isaiah 43:6-7 Part 3 of 3

"I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

whom I created 
Isaiah 27:11  When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

for my glory 
Psalm 86:9  All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. 

whom I formed and made 
Isaiah 43:1  But now, this is what the LORD says--he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine."
Isaiah 43:20-21  "The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise."
Psalm 100:3  Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Isaiah 19:25  The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." 

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GLORY Isaiah 43:6-7 Part 2 of 3

"I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

everyone who is called by my name 
Isaiah 48:1  "Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel--but not in truth or righteousness--..." 
Isaiah 56:4-5  For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant--to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever."
Isaiah 62:2  The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. (Jerusalem) 
Isaiah 63:19  We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called by your name. (Babylonians)
Jeremiah 15:16  When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty.
James 2:7  Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

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GLORY Isaiah 43:6-7 Part 1 of 3

"I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made." 

I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' 
Psalm 107:2-3  Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story--those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

Bring my sons from afar and my daughters 
Isaiah 60:4  "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip."
Ezekiel 16:61  " 'Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you.' " (Jerusalem)
2 Corinthians 6:18  And, "I will be a Father to you , and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." (2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)

from the ends of the earth 
Deuteronomy 30:4  Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back.
Isaiah 11:12  He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
Jeremiah 23:7-8  "So then, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."
Ezekiel 36:24  " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.' "

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GLORY Isaiah 42:12

Let them give glory to the LORD and proclaim his praise in the islands.

Let them give glory to the LORD 
1 Chronicles 16:23-24  Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Isaiah 24:15  Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

and proclaim his praise 
Psalm 26:6-7  I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, LORD, proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 66:1-2  Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.
1 Peter 2:9-10  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

in the islands 
Isaiah 11:11  In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

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GLORY Isaiah 42:8

"I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols." 

I am the LORD 
Psalm 81:10  "I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it."
Isaiah 43:3-4  "For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life."
Isaiah 43:11-12  "I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed--I and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "that I am God."
Isaiah 43:15  "I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King."
Isaiah 46:9  "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me."
Isaiah 49:23  "Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

that is my name 
Exodus 3:14-15  God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' " God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation."
Exodus 6:3  "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them."

I will not yield my glory to another 
Isaiah 48:11  "For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another."

or my praise to idols 
Exodus 8:10  "Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God."
Exodus 20:4  "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."

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GLORY Isaiah 40:5 Part 2 of 2

"And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."


and all people will see it together 
Isaiah 52:10  The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 62:2  The nations will see your (Jerusalem's) vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. 
Luke 2:29-32  "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel." 
Luke 3:4-6  As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. And all people will see God's salvation.' " (Isaiah 40:3-5) 

For the mouth of the LORD has spoken 
Isaiah 1:19-20  "If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 58:14  "... then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. 

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GLORY Isaiah 40:5 Part 1 of 2

"And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

And the glory of the LORD will be revealed 
Exodus 16:10  While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud.
Numbers 14:20-23  The LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked. Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth, not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times--not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it."
Isaiah 59:19  From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.

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GLORY Isaiah 35:1-2 Part 3 of 3

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. 

The glory of Lebanon will be given to it 
Ezra 3:7  Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
Isaiah 33:9  The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashon and Carmel drop their leaves.

the splendor of Carmel 
Song of Songs 7:5  Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.

and Sharon 
1 Chronicles 27:29  Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
Isaiah 65:10  "Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me."

they will see the glory of the LORD 
Exodus 16:6-7  So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?"
Isaiah 4:5  Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy.
Isaiah 59:19  From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.

the splendor of our God 
Isaiah 25:9  In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

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GLORY Isaiah 35:1-2 Part 2 of 3

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.  

Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom 
Song of Songs 2:1  I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy 
Genesis 21:6  Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."
Psalm 105:43  He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; ...
Isaiah 12:6  "Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."
Isaiah 25:9  In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
Isaiah 44:23  Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.
Isaiah 51:11  Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Isaiah 52:9  Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 55:12  You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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GLORY Isaiah 35:1-2 Part 1 of 3

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. 

The desert and the parched land will be glad 
Isaiah 27:10  The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
Isaiah 32:14-16  The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks, till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest. The LORD's justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.
Isaiah 41:18-20  "I will make the rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it."

the wilderness will rejoice and blossom 
Isaiah 27:6  In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
Isaiah 51:3  "The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing."

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GLORY Isaiah 26:15

You have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land. 

You have enlarged the nation
Job 12:23  "He makes the nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them."
Isaiah 14:1-2  The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
Isaiah 54:2-3  "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities."
Isaiah 9:2-3  ... The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
Zechariah 2:3-5  While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' "

You have extended the borders of the land 
Isaiah 33:17  Your eyes will see a king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.

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GLORY Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders--with great glory.

The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed 
Isaiah 13:10  The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

for the LORD Almighty will reign 
Psalm 97:1  The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
Revelation 22:5  There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders 
Isaiah 2:2  In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Hebrews 12:22-24  But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

with great glory 
Isaiah 28:5  In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.
Isaiah 41:16  "You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the LORD and glory in the Holy One of Israel."
Isaiah 45:25  But the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the LORD and will make their boast in him.
Isaiah 60:19  "The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory."
Ezekiel 48:35  "The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits (9,000 yards, 8229.6 meters). And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE." (Yahweh Shammah)
Zechariah 2:5  " 'And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' "

Revelation 21:23  The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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GLORY Isaiah 24:16 Part 2 of 2

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"

The treacherous betray! 
Psalm 25:3  No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.

With treachery the treacherous betray! 
Isaiah 21:2  A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she (Babylon) caused.
 Isaiah 33:1  Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
Jeremiah 3:6-7  During the reign of king Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there. I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it."
Jeremiah 3:20  "But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 5:11  "The people of Israel and the people of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:2  Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a crowd of unfaithful people.
Hosea 5:7  "They are unfaithful to the LORD; they give birth to illegitimate children. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields."
Hosea 9:1  Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor.

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GLORY Isaiah 24:16 Part 1 of 2

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"

From the ends of the earth 
Psalm 48:10  Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

we hear singing 
Psalm 65:8  The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. 

Glory 
Isaiah 28:5  In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.
Isaiah 60:1  "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you."
Isaiah 60:19  "The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory."

to the Righteous One 
Ezra 9:15  "LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence."

But I said, "I waste away, I waste away!" 
Leviticus 26:39  " 'Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors' sins they will waste away.' "

Woe to me! 
1 Samuel 4:6-8  Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, "What's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?" When they learned that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp, the Philistines were afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. We are doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness."
Isaiah 5:8  Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
Jeremiah 10:19  Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
Jeremiah 45:3  "You said, 'Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.' "

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GLORY Isaiah 6:3

And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."

Holy, holy 
Exodus 15:11  "Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you--majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?"

holy is the LORD Almighty 
Psalm 89:8  Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

the whole earth 
Isaiah 11:9  They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 54:5  "For your Maker is your husband--the LORD Almighty is his name--the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth."
Malachi 1:11  "My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.

is full of his glory 
Exodus 16:6-7  So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we that you should grumble against us?"
Numbers 14:21-23  "Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth, not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times--not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it."
Psalm 72:19  Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
Revelation 4:8  Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: " 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty' (Isaiah 6:3) who was, and is, and is to come."

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GLORY Isaiah 4:5-6 Part 4 of 4

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and a shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.  

and a refuge and hiding place 
Isaiah 14:32  What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
Isaiah 25:4a  You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.
Isaiah 30:1-2  "Woe to the obstinate children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin; who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh's protection, to Egypt's shade for refuge."
Isaiah 57:13  "When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain."

from storm and rain 
Psalm 55:8  I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.

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GLORY Isaiah 4:5-6 Part 3 of 4

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and a shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.  

It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day 
Leviticus 23:42-43  (see verses 34-43)  " 'Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' "
Psalm 27:5  For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
Isaiah 8:12-15  "Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. He will be a holy place; both for Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured."
Isaiah 25:4a  You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.
Ezekiel 11:16  "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.' "

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GLORY Isaiah 4:5-6 Part 2 of 4

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and a shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.  

over everything the glory 
Isaiah 35:1-2  The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
Isaiah 58:8  "Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard."
Isaiah 60:1-2  "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you."

will be a canopy 
Psalm 18:11  He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him--the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Revelation 7:15  "Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence."

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GLORY Isaiah 4:5-6 Part 1 of 4

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and a shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain. 

Then the LORD will create 
Isaiah 41:18-20  "I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it."
Isaiah 65:17-18  "See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy."

over all of Mount Zion 
Revelation 14:1  Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night 
Exodus 13:21  By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or night.

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GLORY Proverbs 25:2-3 Part 3 of 3

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of the kings are unsearchable. 

As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of the kings are unsearchable 
Proverbs 30:18-19  "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman." 
Proverbs 21:1  In the LORD's hand the king's heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
Proverbs 16:1  To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
Proverbs 16:4  The LORD works out everything to its proper end--even the wicked for a day of disaster.
Proverbs 16:9  In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. 

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GLORY Proverbs 25:2-3 Part 2 of 3

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of the kings are unsearchable. 

to search out a matter is the glory of kings 
Proverbs 16:10-15  The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice. Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making. Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness. Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right. A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it. When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
1 Kings 3:9  "So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?" 
1 Kings 4:34  From all nations people came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom. 

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GLORY Proverbs 25:2-3 Part 1 of 3

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of the kings are unsearchable. 

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter 
Deuteronomy 29:29  The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Job 26:14  "And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"
Isaiah 40:13-14  (see verses 12-24)  Who can fathom the Spirit of the LORD, or instruct the LORD as his counselor? Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge, or showed him the path of understanding?
Romans 11:33-36  Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" (Isaiah 40:13) "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?" (Job 41:11) For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

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GLORY Proverbs 19:11

A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense. 

A person's wisdom yields patience 
2 Kings 5:11-12  But Naaman went away angry and said, "I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hands over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" So he turned and went off in a rage.
Proverbs 14:29  Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
Proverbs 15:18  A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.
Proverbs 16:32  Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.
Ecclesiastes 7:9  Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
James 1:19-20  My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

it is to one's glory to overlook an offense 
Proverbs 12:16  Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.
Proverbs 29:11  Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.
2 Samuel 16:11-12  David then said to Abishai and all his officials, "My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. It may be that the LORD will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today." (see 2 Samuel 16:5-14)

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GLORY Psalm 149:5-9 Part 3 of 3

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them--this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD.  

to bind their kings with fetters 
2 Samuel 3:33-34  The king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died as the lawless die? Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked." All the people wept over him again.
Isaiah 14:1-2  The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

their nobles with shackles of iron 
2 Chronicles 33:10-11  The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

to carry out the sentence written against them 
Deuteronomy 7:1-2  When the LORD  your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you--and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.
Ezekiel 28:26  " 'They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.' "

this is the glory of all his faithful people 
Psalm 145:10  All your works praise you, LORD; your faithful people extol you.

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GLORY Psalm 149:5-9 Part 2 of 3

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them--this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD.  

in their hands 
Nehemiah 4:16-18  From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.

to inflict vengeance on the nations 
Numbers 31:3  So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD's vengeance on them."
Deuteronomy 32:40-41  "I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear: As surely as I live forever, when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me."

and punishment on the peoples 
Psalm 81:15  "Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever."

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GLORY Psalm 149:5-9 Part 1 of 3

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them--this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD. 

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor 
Psalm 132:16  "I will clothe her priests with salvation, her faithful people will ever sing for joy."

and sing for joy on their beds 
Job 35:10-11  "But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?' "
Psalm 42:8  By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me--a prayer to the God of my life.

May the praise of God be in their mouths 
Psalm 66:17  I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

and a double-edged sword 
Hebrews 4:12  For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Revelation 1:16  In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

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GLORY Psalm 108:3-5

I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. 

For great is your love, higher than the heavens 
Numbers 14:17-19  "Now may the LORD's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.' (Exodus 20:4-6) In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."
Psalm 106:44-45  Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

your faithfulness 
Exodus 34:6-7  And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."

reaches to the skies 
Psalm 36:5  Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens 
Psalm 8:1  LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.

let your glory be over all the earth 
Psalm 57:5  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

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