Psalms 22:28

22:28 For the Lord is king ¹ 

and rules over the nations.

Psalms 72:11

72:11 All kings will bow down to him;

all nations will serve him.

Psalms 86:9

86:9 All the nations, whom you created,

will come and worship you, ²  O Lord.

They will honor your name.

Isaiah 2:4

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares, ³ 

and their spears into pruning hooks. ⁴ 

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

Zechariah 2:11

2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, ⁵  and they will also be my ⁶  people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Revelation 11:15

The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then ⁷  the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ, ⁸ 

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

¹ tn Heb “for to the Lord [is] dominion.”

² tn Or “bow down before you.”

³ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

⁴ sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.

⁵ tn Heb “on that day.” The descriptive phrase “of salvation” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tc The LXX and Syriac have the 3rd person masculine singular suffix in both places (“his people” and “he will settle”; cf. NAB, TEV) in order to avoid the Lord’s speaking of himself in the third person. Such resort is unnecessary, however, in light of the common shifting of person in Hebrew narrative (cf. 3:2).

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁸ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”