Psalms 72:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

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  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”
  • Ezek 34:13-14 : 13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. 14 In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • Ps 65:12 : 12 The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy.
  • Ps 72:16 : 16 May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!
  • Ps 85:10-11 : 10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. 11 Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.
  • Ps 96:11-13 : 11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout! 12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy 13 before the LORD, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.
  • Ps 98:8-9 : 8 Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison 9 before the LORD! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.
  • Isa 32:16-17 : 16 Justice will settle down in the wilderness and fairness will live in the orchard. 17 Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

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  • 2Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

  • 4He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

  • Ps 72:6-8
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    6He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

    7During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

    8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

  • Isa 32:16-18
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    16Justice will settle down in the wilderness and fairness will live in the orchard.

    17Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

    18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

  • 9before the LORD! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

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    8He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

  • 11But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

  • 1Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.

  • 16May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

  • 6He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

  • 6Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you, LORD, preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.

  • Isa 2:2-4
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    2In the future the mountain of the LORD’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,

    3many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD’s message will issue from Jerusalem.

    4He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

  • 4He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

  • 3He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

  • 5The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

  • 14for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

  • 11Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

  • 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

  • 15with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;

  • 27Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.

  • 4Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

  • 6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

  • 12Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

  • 18And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

  • 12The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy.

  • 9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,

  • 11Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

  • 13before the LORD, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

  • 9when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth.(Selah)

  • 21Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau’s mountain.Then the LORD will reign as King!

  • 1Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem In the future the LORD’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.

  • 16This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

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    15The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.

    16Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!

  • 18On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

  • 19They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores.

  • 4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • 6He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.

  • 11I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”

  • 5Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David’s family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice.

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    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • 15In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David.“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

  • 5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

  • 3Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?