'Nations' in the Bible

Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River, and so forth.

The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

I said to them, "We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?" Then they held their peace, and found never a word.

Also I said, "The thing that you do is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

in which was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.

It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.

Didn't Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."

Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.

God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't call on your name;

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. A song. A Psalm by Asaph.

All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"

Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."

who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;

He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him --

It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.

But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.

He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.

who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.

This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.

Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.

He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.

His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.

For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us." Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?