Thematic Bible: Island


Thematic Bible



And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.

And every island went in flight, and the mountains were seen no longer.

The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.

Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain