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Isaiah 34:1

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COME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:26Rank 1 from verse 1
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    26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

  2. Isaiah 1:2Rank 2 from verse 1
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  3. Isaiah 41:1Rank 3 from verse 1
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    1KEEP silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

  4. Isaiah 43:9Rank 4 from verse 1
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    9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  6. Isaiah 33:13Rank 6 from verse 1
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    13¶ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

  7. Jeremiah 22:29Rank 7 from verse 1
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

  8. Micah 6:1–2Rank 8 from verse 1
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    1HEAR ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  9. Isaiah 18:3Rank 9 from verse 1
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    3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

  10. Isaiah 49:1Rank 10 from verse 1
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    1LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

  11. Mark 16:15–16Rank 11 from verse 1
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

    16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

  12. Psalms 49:1–2Rank 12 from verse 1
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    1HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

    2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  13. Psalms 50:1Rank 13 from verse 1
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    1THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

  14. Psalms 96:10Rank 14 from verse 1
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    10Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

  15. Deuteronomy 4:26Rank 15 from verse 1
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    26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

  16. Judges 5:3Rank 16 from verse 1
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    3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

  17. Judges 5:31Rank 17 from verse 1
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    31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

  18. Psalms 24:1Rank 18 from verse 1
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    1THE earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  19. Revelation 2:7Rank 19 from verse 1
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    7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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Isaiah 34:1

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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33:24And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

34:1COME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

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34:2For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

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