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Isaiah 52:15

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

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ASV

so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.

KJV

So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֵּ֤ןkensoH3651 →
יַזֶּה֙ya.Zehhe will startleH5137 →
גּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
עָלָ֛יו'a.Lavon himH5921 →
יִקְפְּצ֥וּyik.pe.Tzuthey will shutH7092 →
מְלָכִ֖יםme.la.KhimkingsH4428 →
פִּיהֶ֑םpi.Hemmouth theirH6310 →
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
סֻפַּ֤רsu.Parit had been recountedH5608 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
רָא֔וּra.'Uthey will seeH7200 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand [that] whichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
שָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'Uthey had heardH8085 →
הִתְבּוֹנָֽנוּ׃hit.bo.Na.nuthey will understandH995 →

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Romans 15:21Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.Romans 15:20–21In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”Revelation 21:24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.Romans 10:20And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.Psalms 72:9–11May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.Isaiah 55:5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.Psalms 2:10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.Micah 7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.Leviticus 14:7Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”Titus 3:5–6He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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