Verse 23

He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:3 : 3 You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.
• Isa 26:15 : 15 You have made the nation larger, O LORD, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.
• Isa 60:22 : 22 The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the LORD will quickly do this!”
• Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
• Exod 1:7 : 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
• Exod 1:20 : 20 So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.
• Jer 30:19 : 19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.’”
• Zech 10:8 : 8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.
• Isa 27:6 : 6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.