Bible Cross References
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah 14:1
The LORD will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.
Isaiah 14:2
Many nations will help the people of Israel return to the land which the LORD gave them, and there the nations will serve Israel as slaves. Those who once captured Israel will now be captured by Israel, and the people of Israel will rule over those who once oppressed them.
Isaiah 60:10-14
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The LORD says to Jerusalem, "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, And their kings will serve you. In my anger I punished you, But now I will show you my favor and mercy.
11
Day and night your gates will be open, So that the kings of the nations May bring you their wealth.
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But nations that do not serve you Will be completely destroyed.
13
"The wood of the pine, the juniper, and the cypress, The finest wood from the forests of Lebanon, Will be brought to rebuild you, Jerusalem, To make my Temple beautiful, To make my city glorious.
14
The descendants of those who oppressed you will come And bow low to show their respect. All who once despised you will worship at your feet. They will call you 'The City of the LORD,' 'Zion, the City of Israel's Holy God.'
Ephesians 2:12-20
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At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.
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But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used to be far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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For Christ himself has brought us peace by making Jews and Gentiles one people. With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies.
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He abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules, in order to create out of the two races one new people in union with himself, in this way making peace.
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By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.
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So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all---to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.
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It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.
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So then, you Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now citizens together with God's people and members of the family of God.
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You, too, are built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus himself.