1 Chronicles 16:24

16:24 Tell the nations about his splendor,

tell ¹  all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

Psalms 64:9

64:9 and all people will fear. ² 

They will proclaim ³  what God has done,

and reflect on his deeds.

Psalms 83:17-18

83:17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! ⁴ 

May they die in shame! ⁵ 

83:18 Then they will know ⁶  that you alone are the Lord, ⁷ 

the sovereign king ⁸  over all the earth.

Isaiah 63:12-14

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ⁹ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ¹⁰ 

63:13 who led them through the deep water?

Like a horse running on flat land ¹¹  they did not stumble.

63:14 Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, ¹² 

so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest.

In this way ¹³  you guided your people,

gaining for yourself an honored reputation. ¹⁴ 

Malachi 1:11

1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” ¹⁵  says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 1:14

1:14 “There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” ¹⁶  says the Lord who rules over all, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

Romans 9:17

9:17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh: ¹⁷  “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” ¹⁸ 

¹ tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

² tc Many medieval Hebrew mss read וַיִּרְאוּ (vayyir’u, “and they will see”) instead of וַיִּירְאוּ (vayyirÿ’u, “and they will proclaim”).

³ tn Heb “the work of God,” referring to the judgment described in v. 7.

⁴ tn Heb “and may they be terrified to perpetuity.” The Hebrew expression עֲדֵי־עַד (’adey-’ad, “to perpetuity”) can mean “forevermore” (see Pss 92:7; 132:12, 14), but here it may be used hyperbolically, for the psalmist asks that the experience of judgment might lead the nations to recognize (v. 18) and even to seek (v. 16) God.

⁵ tn Heb “may they be ashamed and perish.” The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his prayer with an imprecation, calling severe judgment down on his enemies. The strong language of the imprecation seems to run contrary to the positive outcome of divine judgment envisioned in v. 16b. Perhaps the language of v. 17 is overstated for effect. Another option is that v. 16b expresses an ideal, while the strong imprecation of vv. 17-18 anticipates reality. It would be nice if the defeated nations actually pursued a relationship with God, but if judgment does not bring them to that point, the psalmist asks that they be annihilated so that they might at least be forced to acknowledge God’s power.

⁶ tn After the preceding jussives (v. 17), the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose (“so that they may know”) or result.

⁷ tn Heb “that you, your name [is] the Lord, you alone.”

⁸ tn Traditionally “the Most High.”

⁹ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in the desert [or “steppe”].”

¹² tn The words “to graze” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹³ tn Or “so” (KJV, ASV), or “thus” (NAB, NRSV).

¹⁴ tn Heb “making for yourself a majestic name.”

¹⁵ sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the Lord contrasts the unbelief and virtual paganism of the postexilic community with the conversion and obedience of the nations that will one day worship the God of Israel.

¹⁶ sn The epithet great king was used to describe the Hittite rulers on their covenant documents and so, in the covenant ideology of Malachi, is an apt description of the Lord.

¹⁷ sn Paul uses a typical rabbinic formula here in which the OT scriptures are figuratively portrayed as speaking to Pharaoh. What he means is that the scripture he cites refers (or can be applied) to Pharaoh.

¹⁸ sn A quotation from Exod 9:16.