Yahwist: Later Echoes

  
Psalm 47:8-9
(used in the Temple rituals)

God is king over the nations;
   God sits on his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples gather
   as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
   he is highly exalted. 		 
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Isaiah 19:23-25
(c.720 BCE as Assyria threatened Jerusalem)

On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage." 		 
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Jeremiah 4:1-2
(c.587 BCE as Babylon threatened Jerusalem)

If you return, O Israel,
   says the Lord,
      if you return to me,
   if you remove your abominations from my presence,
      and do not waver,
and if you swear, "As the Lord lives!"
      in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
   then nations shall be blessed by him,
      and by him they shall boast. 		 
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Zechariah 8:13
(c.520 BCE as the Persians allowed the exiles to return)

Just as you have been a cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you and you shall be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong. 		 
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Zechariah 8:23
(c.520 BCE as the Persians allowed the exiles to return)

Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."


  
© 2016 Catherine Murphy, Associate Professor cmurphy@scu.edu
  Dept of Religious Studies, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053