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Abraham, father of many peoples, kept his glory without
stain: He observed the precepts of the Most High, and entered
into an agreement with him; In his own flesh he incised the
ordinance, and when tested he was found loyal. [SIRACH 44:19-20]
From him was to spring the man who won the favor of
all: Dear to God and men, Moses, whose memory is held in
benediction. God's honor devolved upon him, and the Lord
strengthened him with fearful powers; God wrought swift miracles
at his words and sustained him in the king's
presence. He gave him the commandments for his
people, and revealed to him his glory. For his
trustworthiness and meekness God selected him from all
mankind; He permitted him to hear his voice, and led him into
the cloud, Where, face to face, he gave him the
commandments, the law of life and understanding, That he
might teach his precepts to Jacob, his judgments and decrees
to Israel. [SIRACH 45:1-5]
Then he increased the glory of Aaron and bestowed upon him his
inheritance: The sacred offerings he allotted to him, with the
showbread as his portion [Taken from SIRACH 45:20]
For even his covenant with David, the son of Jesse of the
tribe of Judah, Was an individual heritage through one son
alone; but the heritage of Aaron is for all his descendants.
And now bless the LORD who has crowned you with
glory! May he grant you wisdom of heart to govern his
people in justice, Lest their welfare should ever be
forgotten, or your authority, throughout all time. [SIRACH 45:25-26]
Valiant leader was Joshua, son of Nun, assistant to Moses
in the prophetic office, Formed to be, as his name
implies, the great savior of God's chosen ones, To
punish the enemy and to win the inheritance for Israel. What
glory was his when he raised his arm, to brandish his javelin
against the city! [SIRACH 46:1-2]
Solomon reigned during an era of peace, for God made
tranquil all his borders. He built a house to the name of
God, and established a lasting sanctuary. How wise you were
when you were young, overflowing with instruction, like the Nile
in flood! Your understanding covered the whole earth, and,
like a sea, filled it with knowledge. Your fame reached distant
coasts, and their peoples came to hear you; With song and
story and riddle, and with your answers, you astounded the
nations. You were called by that glorious name which was
conferred upon Israel. Gold you gathered like so much
iron, you heaped up silver as though it were lead; But you
abandoned yourself to women and gave them dominion over your
body. You brought dishonor upon your reputation, shame upon
your marriage, Wrath upon your descendants, and groaning
upon your domain [Taken from SIRACH 47:13-20]
How awesome are you, Elijah! Whose glory is equal to
yours? You brought a dead man back to life from the nether
world, by the will of the LORD. You sent kings down to
destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness. [SIRACH 48:4-6]
Except for David, Hezekiah and Josiah, they all were
wicked; They abandoned the Law of the Most High, these
kings of Judah, right to the very end. So he gave over their power
to others, their glory to a foolish foreign nation Who burned
the holy city and left its streets desolate, As Jeremiah
had foretold [Taken from SIRACH 49:4-6]
How can we fittingly praise Zerubbabel, who was like a signet ring on God's right hand,
And Jeshua, Jozadak's son? In their time they built the house of God; They erected the holy temple, destined for everlasting glory.
[SIRACH 49:11-12]
The greatest among his brethren, the glory of his people, was Simon the priest, son of
Jochanan, In whose time the house of God
was renovated, in whose days the temple was reinforced. [SIRACH
50:1]
Vested in his magnificent robes, and wearing his garments of
splendor, As he ascended the glorious altar and lent majesty to
the court of the sanctuary. [SIRACH 50:11]
All the people of the land would shout for joy, praying to
the Merciful One, As the high priest completed the services
at the altar by presenting to God the sacrifice due; Then
coming down he would raise his hands over all the
congregation of Israel. The blessing of the LORD would be
upon his lips, the name of the LORD would be his glory. Then
again the people would lie prostrate to receive from him the
blessing of the Most High. [SIRACH 50:19-21]
Seven women will take hold of one man on that day,
saying: "We will eat our own food and wear our own
clothing; Only let your name be given us, put an end to
our disgrace!" On that day, The branch of the LORD
will be luster and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be
honor and splendor for the survivors of Israel. [ISA 4:1-2]
When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of
Zion, And purges Jerusalem's blood from her midst with a
blast of searing judgment, Then will the LORD create, over
the whole site of Mount Zion and over her place of
assembly, A smoking cloud by day and a light of flaming
fire by night. For over all, his glory will be shelter and
protection: shade from the parching heat of day, refuge
and cover from storm and rain. [ISA 4:4-6]
In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high
and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the
temple. Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings:
with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet,
and with two they hovered aloft. "Holy, holy, holy is the
LORD of hosts!" they cried one to the other. "All the
earth is filled with his glory!" At the sound of that cry,
the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke. [ISA 6:1-4]
But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from
his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest
upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A
spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and
of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the
LORD. Not by appearance shall he judge, nor by hearsay
shall he decide, But he shall judge the poor with
justice, and decide aright for the land's afflicted. He
shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with
the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Justice shall be
the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion
shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The
cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young
shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like the ox. The baby
shall play by the cobra's den, and the child lay his hand on
the adder's lair. There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the
LORD, as water covers the sea. On that day, The root of
Jesse, set up as a signal for the nations, The Gentiles
shall seek out, for his dwelling shall be glorious. [ISA 11:1-10]
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this
be known throughout all the earth. [ISA 12:5]
And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory and pride of the
Chaldeans, Shall be overthrown by God like Sodom and like
Gomorrah. [ISA 13:19]
This is the word the LORD spoke against Moab in times past. But now the LORD has spoken: In three years, like those of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be degraded despite all its great multitude; there shall be a remnant, very small and weak.
[ISA 16:13-14]
Oracle on Damascus: Lo, Damascus shall cease to be a
city and become a ruin; Her cities shall be forever
abandoned, given over to flocks to lie in undisturbed. The
fortress shall be lost to Ephraim and the kingdom to
Damascus; The remnant of Aram shall have the same
glory as the Israelites, says the LORD of hosts. On that
day The glory of Jacob shall fade, and his full body
grow thin, Like the reaper's mere armful of stalks when he
gathers the standing grain; Or as when one gleans the
ears in the Valley of Rephaim. Only a scattering of grapes
shall be left! As when an olive tree has been
beaten, Two or three olives remain at the very top, four
or five on its fruitful branches, says the LORD, the God of
Israel. On that day man shall look to his maker, his eyes
turned toward the Holy One of Israel. [ISA 17:1-7]
For thus says the Lord to me: In another year, like those of a
hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall come to an end. [ISA 21:16]
Thus says the Lord, the GOD of hosts: Up, go to that
official, Shebna, master of the palace, Who has hewn for himself a
sepulcher on a height and carved his tomb in the
rock: "What are you doing here, and what people have you
here, that here you have hewn for yourself a tomb?" The
LORD shall hurl you down headlong, mortal man! He shall grip
you firmly And roll you up and toss you like a ball into an
open land To perish there, you and the chariots you glory
in, you disgrace to your master's house! [ISA 22:15-18]
On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of
Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with
your sash, and give over to him your authority. He shall
be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house
of Judah. I will place the key of the House of David on his
shoulder; when he opens, no one shall shut, when he shuts, no
one shall open. I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to
be a place of honor for his family; On him shall hang all the
glory of his family: descendants and offspring, all the
little dishes, from bowls to jugs. On that day, says the LORD of
hosts, the peg fixed in a sure spot shall give way, break off and
fall, and the weight that hung on it shall be done away with; for
the LORD has spoken. [ISA 22:20-25]
In the city nothing remains but ruin; its gates are
battered and desolate. Thus it is within the land, and among
the peoples, As with an olive tree after it is
beaten, as with a gleaning when the vintage is done. These
lift up their voice in acclaim; from the sea they proclaim
the majesty of the LORD: "For this, in the
coastlands, give glory to the LORD! In the coastlands of
the sea, to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel!" [ISA 24:12-15]
On that day the LORD will punish the host of the heavens
in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth. They
will be gathered together like prisoners into a
pit; They will be shut up in a dungeon, and after many
days they will be punished. Then the moon will blush and the
sun grow pale, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount
Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious in the sight of his elders. [ISA 24:21-23]
You have increased the nation, O LORD, increased the nation to
your own glory, and extended far all the borders of the land. [ISA
26:15]
Woe to the majestic garland of the drunkard
Ephraim, To the fading blooms of his glorious beauty, on
the head of him who is stupefied with wine. Behold, the LORD has a
strong one and a mighty, who, like a downpour of hail, a
destructive storm, Like a flood of water, great and
overflowing, levels to the ground with violence; With feet
that will trample the majestic garland of the drunkard
Ephraim. The fading blooms of his glorious beauty on the head
of the fertile valley Will be like an early fig before
summer: when a man sees it, he picks and swallows it at
once. On that day the LORD of hosts will be a glorious
crown And a brilliant diadem to the remnant of his
people, A spirit of justice to him who sits in
judgment, And strength to those who turn back the battle
at the gate. [ISA 28:1-6]
The LORD will make his glorious voice heard, and let it be
seen how his arm descends In raging fury and flame of
consuming fire, in driving storm and hail. When the LORD
speaks, Assyria will be shattered, as he strikes with the
rod; While at every sweep of the rod which the LORD will
bring down on him in punishment [Taken from ISA 30:30-32]
The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe
will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant
flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of
Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel
and Sharon; They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor
of our God. [ISA 35:1-2]
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak
tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service
is at an end, her guilt is expiated; Indeed, she has
received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. A
voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the
LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill
shall be made low; The rugged land shall be made a
plain, the rough country, a broad valley. Then the glory of
the LORD shall be revealed, and all mankind shall see it
together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. A voice says,
"Cry out!" I answer, "What shall I cry
out?" "All mankind is grass, and all their
glory like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower
wilts, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it. (So
then, the people is the grass.) Though the grass withers and the
flower wilts, the word of our God stands forever." [ISA 40:1-8]
When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off and the
storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the LORD, and
glory in the Holy One of Israel. [ISA 41:16]
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and
stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its
crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to
those who walk on it: I, the LORD, have called you for the victory
of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed
you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light
for the nations, To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out
prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who
live in darkness. I am the LORD, this is my name; my glory I
give to no other, nor my praise to idols. See, the earlier
things have come to pass, new ones I now
foretell; Before they spring into being, I announce them
to you. [ISA 42:5-9]
Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of
the earth: Let the sea and what fills it resound, the
coastlands, and those who dwell in them. Let the steppe and its
cities cry out, the villages where Kedar dwells; Let the
inhabitants of Sela exult, and shout from the top of the
mountains. Let them give glory to the LORD, and utter his
praise in the coastlands. The LORD goes forth like a
hero, like a warrior he stirs up his ardor; He shouts
out his battle cry, against his enemies he shows his might: I
have looked away, and kept silence, I have said nothing,
holding myself in; But now, I cry out as a woman in
labor, gasping and panting. [ISA 42:10-14]
Though it pleased the LORD in his justice to make his law
great and glorious, This is a people despoiled and
plundered, all of them trapped in holes, hidden away in
prisons. They are taken as booty, with no one to rescue
them, as spoil, with no one to demand their return. Who of
you gives ear to this? Who listens and pays heed for the time
to come? [ISA 42:21-23]
For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your
savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba
in return for you. Because you are precious in my eyes and
glorious, and because I love you, I give men in return for
you and peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am
with you; from the east I will bring back your
descendants, from the west I will gather you. I will say to
the north: Give them up! and to the south: Hold not
back! Bring back my sons from afar, and my daughters
from the ends of the earth: Everyone who is named as
mine, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and
made. Lead out the people who are blind though they have
eyes, who are deaf though they have ears. Let all the nations
gather together, let the peoples assemble! Who among
them could have revealed this, or foretold to us the earlier
things? Let them produce witnesses to prove themselves
right, that one may hear and say, "It is true!" You
are my witnesses, says the LORD, my servants whom I have
chosen To know and believe in me and understand that it
is I. Before me no god was formed, and after me there
shall be none. It is I, I the LORD; there is no savior but
me. [ISA 43:3-11]
Remember this, O Jacob, you, O Israel, who are my
servant! I formed you to be a servant to me; O Israel,
by me you shall never be forgotten: I have brushed away your
offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to
me, for I have redeemed you. Raise a glad cry, you heavens: the
LORD has done this; shout, you depths of the
earth. Break forth, you mountains, into song, you
forest, with all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed
Jacob, and shows his glory through Israel. [ISA 44:21-23]
"In the LORD shall be the vindication and the glory of all the
descendants of Israel." [ISA 45:25]
Listen to me, you fainthearted, you who seem far from the victory of justice:
I am bringing on my justice, it is not far off, my salvation shall not tarry; I will put salvation within Zion, and give to Israel my glory.
[ISA 46:12-13]
For the sake of my name I restrain my anger, for the sake
of my renown I hold it back from you, lest I should destroy
you. See, I have refined you like silver, tested you in the
furnace of affliction. For my sake, for my own sake, I do
this; why should I suffer profanation? My glory I will
not give to another. Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I
named! I, it is I who am the first, and also the last am I.
Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand
spread out the heavens. When I call them, they stand
forth at once. [ISA 48:9-13]
You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show
my glory. [ISA 49:3]
For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from
the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel
gathered to him; And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength! [ISA 49:5]
Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on
your glorious garments, O Jerusalem, holy city. No
longer shall the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you.
Shake off the dust, ascend to the throne,
Jerusalem; Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive
daughter Zion! For thus says the LORD: You were sold for
nothing, and without money you shall be redeemed. [ISA 52:1-3]
All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who
have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come,
without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why
spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what
fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you
shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen,
that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting
covenant, the benefits assured to David. As I made him a
witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of nations, So
shall you summon a nation you knew not, and nations that knew
you not shall run to you, Because of the LORD, your
God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you. Seek the
LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. [ISA 55:1-6]
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those
bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting
free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with
the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the
homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not
turning your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth
like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be
healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the
glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call,
and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will
say: Here I am! [Taken from ISA 58:6-9]
Those in the west shall fear the name of the LORD, and those in
the east, his glory; For it shall come like a pent-up river which
the breath of the LORD drives on. [ISA 59:19]
Rise up in splendor! Your light has come, the glory of the
Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and
thick clouds cover the peoples; But upon you the LORD
shines, and over you appears his glory. Nations shall walk by
your light, and kings by your shining radiance. Raise your
eyes and look about; they all gather and come to
you: Your sons come from afar, and your daughters in the
arms of their nurses. [ISA 60:1-4]
All the vessels of the sea are assembled, with the ships of
Tarshish in the lead, To bring your children from afar with their
silver and gold, In the name of the LORD, your God, the Holy One
of Israel, who has glorified you. [ISA 60:9]
The glory of Lebanon shall come to you: the cypress, the plane
and the pine, To bring beauty to my sanctuary, and glory to the
place where I set my feet. [ISA 60:13]
No longer shall violence be heard of in your land, or
plunder and ruin within your boundaries. You shall call your
walls "Salvation" and your gates "Praise." No
longer shall the sun be your light by day, Nor the
brightness of the moon shine upon you at night; The LORD
shall be your light forever, your God shall be your glory. No
longer shall your sun go down, or your moon
withdraw, For the LORD will be your light forever, and
the days of your mourning shall be at an end. Your people shall
all be just, they shall always possess the land, They,
the bud of my planting, my handiwork to show my glory. [ISA 60:18-21]
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD
has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the
lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to
the captives and release to the prisoners, To announce a year
of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our
God, to comfort all who mourn; To place on those who mourn in
Zion a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of
gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a
listless spirit. They will be called oaks of
justice, planted by the LORD to show his glory. [ISA 61:1-3]
For Zion's sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem's sake
I will not be quiet, Until her vindication shines forth like
the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall
behold your vindication, and all kings your glory; You shall
be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the LORD. You
shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal
diadem held by your God. No more shall men call you
"Forsaken," or your land
"Desolate," But you shall be called "My
Delight," and your land "Espoused." For
the LORD delights in you, and makes your land his spouse. As
a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry
you; And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall
your God rejoice in you. [ISA 62:1-5]
The favors of the LORD I will recall, the glorious deeds
of the LORD, Because of all he has done for us; for he is
good to the house of Israel, He has favored us according to
his mercy and his great kindness. He said: They are indeed my
people, children who are not disloyal; So he became
their savior in their every affliction. It was not a
messenger or an angel, but he himself who saved them. Because
of his love and pity he redeemed them himself, Lifting
them and carrying them all the days of old. But they
rebelled, and grieved his holy spirit; So he turned on them
like an enemy, and fought against them. Then they remembered
the days of old and Moses, his servant; Where is he who
brought up out of the sea the shepherd of his
flock? Where is he who put his holy spirit in their
midst; Whose glorious arm was the guide at Moses'
right; Who divided the waters before them, winning for
himself eternal renown; Who led them without stumbling through the
depths like horses in the open country, Like cattle going
down into the plain, the spirit of the LORD guiding
them? Thus you led your people, bringing glory to your
name. Look down from heaven and regard us from your holy and
glorious palace! Where is your zealous care and your might,
your surge of pity and your mercy? O Lord, hold not back, for
you are our father. Were Abraham not to know us, nor
Israel to acknowledge us, You, LORD, are our father, our
redeemer you are named forever. [ISA 63:7-16]
Yet, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you
the potter: we are all the work of your hands. Be not so very
angry, LORD, keep not our guilt forever in mind; look
upon us, who are all your people. Your holy cities have become a
desert, Zion is a desert, Jerusalem a waste. Our holy and
glorious temple in which our fathers praised you Has
been burned with fire; all that was dear to us is laid waste.
Can you hold back, O LORD, after all this? Can you remain
silent, and afflict us so severely? [ISA 64:7-11]
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: Your
brethren who, because of my name, hate and reject you, say,
"Let the LORD show his glory that we may see your joy";
but they shall be put to shame. [ISA 66:5]
I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and
see my glory. I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives
to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan,
to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or
seen my glory; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.
[ISA 66:18-19]
Does any other nation change its gods? - yet they are not gods
at all! But my people have changed their glory for useless things.
[JER 2:11]
If you wish to return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to
me. If you put your detestable things out of my
sight, and do not stray, Then you can swear, "As the
LORD lives," in truth, in judgment, and in
justice; Then shall the nations use his name in
blessing, and glory in him. [JER 4:1-2]
Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
nor the strong man glory in his strength, nor the rich man glory
in his riches; But rather, let him who glories, glory in this, that in his
prudence he knows me, Knows that I, the LORD, bring about
kindness, justice and uprightness on the earth; For with such am I
pleased, says the LORD. [JER 9:22-23]
Give glory to the LORD, your God, before it grows dark; Before
your feet stumble on darkening mountains; Before the light you
look for turns to darkness, changes into black clouds. [JER 13:16]
Lift up your eyes and see men coming from the north. Where is
the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your glory? [JER
13:20]
For your name's sake spurn us not, disgrace not the throne of
your glory; remember your covenant with us, and break it not. [JER
14:21]
A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning, such is our holy
place. O hope of Israel, O LORD! all who forsake you shall be in disgrace;
The rebels in the land shall be put to shame; they have forsaken the source of living waters (the LORD).
[JER 17:12-13]
Thus says the LORD: See! I will restore the tents of
Jacob, his dwellings I will pity; City shall be rebuilt
upon hill, and palace restored as it was. From them will
resound songs of praise, the laughter of happy men. I
will make them not few, but many; they will not be tiny, for
I will glorify them. [JER 30:18-19]
Then Jerusalem shall be my joy, my praise, my glory, before all
the nations of the earth, as they hear of all the good I will do
among them. They shall be in fear and trembling over all the
peaceful benefits I will give her. [JER 33:9]
Moab's glory is no more. Evil they plan against Heshbon:
"Come, let us put an end to her as a people." You, too,
Madmen, shall be reduced to silence; behind you stalks the sword.
[JER 48:2]
Come down from glory, sit on the ground, you that dwell in
Dibon; Moab's ravager has come up against you, he has ruined your
strongholds. [JER 48:18]
Why do you glory in your strength, your ebbing strength, rebellious daughter?
You who trust in your treasures, saying, "Who can come against me?" I am bringing terror upon you, says the Lord GOD of hosts, from all round about you;
You shall be scattered, each man in headlong flight, with no one to rally the fugitives. But afterward I will change the lot of the Ammonites, says the LORD.
[JER 49:4-6]
How can the city of glory be forsaken, the town of
delight! But now her young men shall fall in her streets, and
all her warriors shall be stilled. On that day, says the LORD
of hosts, I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, and it
shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. [JER 49:25-27]
How has she been seized, made captive, the glory of the whole
world! What a horror has Babylon become among nations [Taken from
JER 51:41]
Gone from daughter Zion is all her glory: Her princes, like
rams that find no pasture, Have gone off without strength before
their captors. [LAM 1:6]
How the Lord in his wrath has detested daughter Zion! He has
cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, Unmindful of
his footstool on the day of his wrath. [LAM 2:1]
She is the book of the precepts of God, the law that
endures forever; All who cling to her will live, but those
will die who forsake her. Turn, O Jacob, and receive
her: walk by her light toward splendor. Give not your glory
to another, your privileges to an alien race. Blessed are we,
O Israel; for what pleases God is known to us! [BARUCH 4:1-4]
As Zion's neighbors lately saw you taken captive, so shall they
soon see God's salvation come to you, with great glory and the
splendor of the Eternal God. [BARUCH 4:24]
Look to the east, Jerusalem! behold the joy that comes to you from God.
Here come your sons whom you once let go, gathered in from the east and from the west By the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
[BARUCH 4:36-37]
Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put
on the splendor of glory from God forever: Wrapped in the cloak of
justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that
displays the glory of the eternal name. For God will show all the
earth your splendor: you will be named by God forever the
peace of justice, the glory of God's worship. Up, Jerusalem! stand
upon the heights; look to the east and see your
children Gathered from the east and the west at the word
of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God.
Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will
bring them back to you borne aloft in glory as on royal
thrones. For God has commanded that every lofty mountain be
made low, And that the age-old depths and gorges be
filled to level ground, that Israel may advance secure in the
glory of God. The forests and every fragrant kind of
tree have overshadowed Israel at God's command; For God is
leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with
his mercy and justice for company. [BARUCH 5:1-9]
Like the bow which appears in the clouds on a rainy day was the
splendor that surrounded him. Such was the vision of the likeness
of the glory of the LORD. [EZEK 1:28]
Then spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the noise of a loud rumbling as the glory of the LORD rose from its place:
the noise made by the wings of the living creatures striking one another, and by the wheels alongside them, a loud rumbling.
[EZEK 3:12-13]
The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he said to me: Get up
and go out into the plain, where I will speak with you. So I got
up and went out into the plain, and I saw that the glory of the
LORD was in that place, like the glory I had seen by the river
Chebar. I fell prone, but then spirit entered into me and set me
on my feet, and he spoke with me. [Taken from EZEK 3:22-24]
I saw there the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I
had seen in the plain. The cherubim were stationed to the right of
the temple [Taken from EZEK 8:4]
He said to the man dressed in linen: Go within the wheelwork
under the cherubim; fill both your hands with burning coals from
among the cherubim, then scatter them over the city. As I looked
on, he entered. The glory of the God of Israel had gone up from
the cherubim, upon which it had been, to the threshold of the
temple. As the man entered, the cloud filled the inner court, and
the glory of the LORD rose from over the cherubim to the threshold
of the temple; the temple was filled with the cloud, and all the
court was bright with the glory of the LORD. [EZEK 10:2-4]
Then the glory of the LORD left the threshold of the temple and
rested upon the cherubim. These lifted their wings, and I saw them
rise from the earth, the wheels rising along with them. They stood
at the entrance of the eastern gate of the LORD'S house, and the
glory of the God of Israel was up above them. Then the cherubim
lifted their wings, and the wheels went along with them, while up
above them was the glory of the God of Israel. And the glory of
the LORD rose from the city and took a stand on the mountain which
is to the east of the city. [EZEK 10:18-19,11:22-23]
I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms, a
necklace about your neck, a ring in your nose, pendants in your
ears, and a glorious diadem upon your head. Thus you were adorned
with gold and silver; your garments were of fine linen, silk, and
embroidered cloth. Fine flour, honey, and oil were your food. You
were exceedingly beautiful, with the dignity of a queen. You were
renowned among the nations for your beauty, perfect as it was,
because of my splendor which I had bestowed on you, says the Lord
GOD. But you were captivated by your own beauty, you used your
renown to make yourself a harlot, and you lavished your harlotry
on every passer-by, whose own you became. [EZEK 16:11-15]
As for you, son of man, truly, on the day I take away from them their bulwark, their glorious joy, the delight of their eyes, the desire of their soul, and the pride of their hearts, their sons and daughters,
that day the fugitive will come to you, that you may hear it for yourself; that day your mouth shall be opened and you shall be dumb no longer. Thus you shall be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[EZEK 24:25-27]
Thus says the Lord GOD: See! I am coming at you, Sidon; I will
be glorified in your midst. Then they shall know that I am the
LORD, when I inflict punishments upon it and use it to manifest my
holiness. [EZEK 28:22]
Which was your equal in glory or size among the trees of Eden?
Yet you have been brought down with the trees of Eden to the land
below. You shall lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by
the sword. Such are Pharaoh and all his hordes, says the Lord GOD.
[EZEK 31:18]
I will cut down your horde with the blades of warriors, all of
them the most ruthless of the nations; They shall lay waste the
glory of Egypt, and all her hordes shall be destroyed. All the people of the land shall bury them and gain renown for
it, when I reveal my glory, says the Lord GOD. [EZEK 39:12-13]
Thus I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see the judgment I have executed and the hand I have laid upon them.
From that day forward the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD, their God.
[EZEK 39:21-22]
Then he led me to the gate which faces the east, and there I
saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a
sound like the roaring of many waters, and the earth shone with
his glory. The vision was like that which I had seen when he came
to destroy the city, and like that which I had seen by the river
Chebar. I fell prone as the glory of the LORD entered the temple
by way of the gate which faces the east, but spirit lifted me up
and brought me to the inner court. And I saw that the temple was
filled with the glory of the LORD. Then I heard someone speaking
to me from the temple, while the man stood beside me. The voice
said to me: Son of man, this is where my throne shall be, this is
where I will set the soles of my feet; here I will dwell among the
Israelites forever. Never again shall they and their kings profane
my holy name with their harlotries and with the corpses of their
kings (their high places). When they placed their threshold
against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, so that only
a wall was between us, they profaned my holy name by their
abominable deeds; therefore I consumed them in my wrath. From now
on they shall put far from me their harlotry and the corpses of
their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever. [EZEK 43:1-9]
Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the facade of the temple, and when I looked I saw the glory of the LORD filling the LORD'S temple, and I fell prone. Then he said to me: Son of man, pay strict attention, look carefully, and listen intently to all that I will tell you about the statutes and laws of the LORD'S temple; be attentive in regard to those who are to be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary.
[EZEK 44:4-5]
They were bound and cast into the white-hot furnace with their
coats, hats, shoes and other garments, for the king's order was
urgent. So huge a fire was kindled in the furnace that the flames
devoured the men who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into
it. But these three fell, bound, into the midst of the white-hot
furnace. They walked about in flames, singing to God and blessing
the Lord. In the fire Azariah stood up and prayed aloud:
"Blessed are you, and praiseworthy, O Lord, the God of
our fathers, and glorious forever is your name. For you are
just in all you have done; all your deeds are faultless, all
your ways right, and your judgments proper..." [Taken from DAN 3:21-27]
At once this was fulfilled. Nebuchadnezzar was cast out from
among men, he ate grass like an ox, and his body was bathed with
the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an
eagle, and his nails like the claws of a bird. When this period
was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes to heaven; my reason
was restored to me, and I blessed the Most High, I praised and
glorified him who lives forever: His dominion is an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures through all
generations. All who live on the earth are counted as
nothing; he does as he pleases with the powers of
heaven as well as with those who live on the
earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to
him, "What have you done?" At the same time my reason
returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and my
splendor returned to me. My nobles and lords sought me out; I was
restored to my kingdom, and became much greater than before.
Therefore, I, Nebuchadnezzar, now praise and exalt and glorify the
King of heaven, because all his works are right and his ways just;
and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. [DAN 4:30-34]
Daniel answered the king: "You may keep your gifts, or
give your presents to someone else; but the writing I will read
for you, O king, and tell you what it means. The Most High God
gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a great kingdom and glorious
majesty. Because he made him so great, the nations and peoples of
every language dreaded and feared him. Whomever he wished, he
killed or let live; whomever he wished, he exalted or humbled. But
when his heart became proud and his spirit hardened by insolence,
he was put down from his royal throne and deprived of his glory;
he was cast out from among men and was made insensate as a beast;
he lived with wild asses, and ate grass like an ox; his body was
bathed with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High
God rules over the kingdom of men and appoints over it whom he
will. You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart,
though you knew all this; you have rebelled against the Lord of
heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you, so
that you and your nobles, your wives and your entertainers, might
drink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold,
bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor
have intelligence. But the God in whose hand is your life breath
and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify." [DAN 5:17-23]
As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve
him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed. [DAN 7:13-14]
One and all they sin against me, exchanging their glory for
shame. [HOSEA 4:7]
Like grapes in the desert, I found Israel; Like the
first fruits of the fig tree in its prime, I considered your
fathers. When they came to Baal-peor and consecrated
themselves to the Shame, they became as abhorrent as the
thing they loved. The glory of Ephraim flies away like a
bird: no birth, no carrying in the womb, no
conception. Were they to bear children, I would slay the
darlings of their womb. Even though they bring up their
children, I will make them childless, till not one is
left. Woe to them when I turn away from them! [HOSEA 9:10-12]
Harness steeds to the chariots, O inhabitants of Lachish; Lachish,
the beginning of sin for daughter Zion, Because there
were in you the crimes of Israel. Therefore you shall give parting
gifts to Moresheth-gath; Beth-achzib is a
deception to the kings of Israel. Yet must I bring to you the
conqueror, O inhabitants of Mareshah; Even to Adullam shall
go the glory of Israel. [MICAH 1:13-15]
But the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the LORD'S
glory as water covers the sea. [HAB 2:14]
Woe to you who give your neighbors a flood of your wrath to drink,
and make them drunk, till their nakedness is seen! You are filled with shame instead of glory; drink, you too, and stagger! On you shall revert the cup from the LORD'S right hand, and utter shame on your glory. [HAB 2:15-16]
God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Covered are the heavens with his glory, and with his praise the earth is filled.
His splendor spreads like the light; rays shine forth from beside him,
where his power is concealed. [HAB 3:3-4]
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways! Go up
into the hill country; bring timber, and build the
house That I may take pleasure in it and receive my
glory, says the LORD. You expected much, but it came to
little; and what you brought home, I blew away. For what
cause? says the LORD of hosts. Because my house lies in
ruins, while each of you hurries to his own house. Therefore
the heavens withheld from you their dew, and the earth her
crops. [HAG 1:7-10]
Tell this to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of
Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and to
the remnant of the people: Who is left among you that saw
this house in its former glory? And how do you see it
now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes? But now take
courage, Zerubbabel, says the LORD, and take courage, Joshua,
high priest, son of Jehozadak, And take courage, all you
people of the land, says the LORD, and work! For I am
with you, says the LORD of hosts. This is the pact that I made
with you when you came out of Egypt, And my spirit
continues in your midst; do not fear! For thus says the LORD
of hosts: One moment yet, a little while, and I will
shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will
shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations
will come in, And I will fill this house with
glory, says the LORD of hosts. Mine is the silver and mine
the gold, says the LORD of hosts. Greater will be the future glory
of this house than the former, says the LORD of hosts; And in
this place I will give you peace, says the LORD of hosts. [HAG 2:2-9]
Again I raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a
measuring line in his hand. "Where are you going?" I
asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered; "to see
how great is its width and how great its length." Then the
angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to
meet him, and said to him, "Run, tell this to that young man:
People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country, because
of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst. But I will be for
her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the
glory in her midst." [ZECH 2:5-9]
The LORD shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of
the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem
may not be exalted over Judah. [ZECH 12:7]
And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do
not listen, And if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory
to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will send a curse upon
you and of your blessing I will make a curse. Yes, I
have already cursed it, because you do not lay it to heart. [MAL 2:1-2]
[Jesus said,] "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its
taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for
anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the
light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor
do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is
set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just
so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your
good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father." [Taken from MT 5:13-16]
He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own
town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a
stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
"Courage, child, your sins are forgiven." At that, some
of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is
blaspheming." Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
"Why do you harbor evil thoughts? Which is easier, to say,
'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? But that you
may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins" - he then said to the paralytic, "Rise, pick up
your stretcher, and go home." He rose and went home. When the
crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who
had given such authority to human beings.
[MT 9:1-8]
The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the
deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see,
and they glorified the God of Israel. [MT 15:31]
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's
glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.
[MT 16:27]
Then Peter said to him in reply, "We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will
yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life."
[MT 19:27-29]
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the
sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its
light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son
of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will
mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels
with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four
winds, from one end of the heavens to the other." [MT 24:29-31]
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the
angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the
nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them
one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his
left. Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who
are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me
food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you
welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him
and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and
welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or
in prison, and visit you?' And the king will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least
brothers of mine, you did for me.' Then he will say to those on
his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you
gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a
stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no
clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.' Then
they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not
minister to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do
for me.' And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life." [MT 25:31-46]
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
"Child, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes
were sitting there asking themselves, "Why does this man
speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive
sins?" Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were
thinking to themselves, so he said, "Why are you thinking
such things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the
paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, pick up
your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority to forgive sins on earth" - he said to the
paralytic, "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go
home." He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in
the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God,
saying, "We have never seen anything like this." [MK 2:5-12]
[Jesus said,] "Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and
sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes
in his Father's glory with the holy angels." [Taken from MK 8:38]
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said
to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of
you." He replied, "What do you wish (me) to do for
you?" They answered him, "Grant that in your glory we
may sit one at your right and the other at your left." Jesus
said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you
drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with
which I am baptized?" They said to him, "We can."
Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink, you will drink,
and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be
baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared." When the ten
heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus
summoned them and said to them, "You know that those who are
recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and
their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall
not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you
will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be
the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but
to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." [MK 10:35-45]
"But in those days after that tribulation the sun
will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the
stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the
heavens will be shaken. And then they will see 'the Son of Man
coming in the clouds' with great power and glory, and then he will
send out the angels and gather (his) elect from the four winds,
from the end of the earth to the end of the sky." [MK 13:24-26]
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields
and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the
Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were struck with great fear. The angel said to them,
"Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of
great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city
of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped
in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." And suddenly
there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,
praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the
highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor
rests." When the angels went away from them to heaven, the
shepherds said to one another, "Let us go, then, to Bethlehem
to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made
known to us." So they went in haste and found Mary and
Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this,
they made known the message that had been told them about this
child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by
the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them
in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to
them. [LK 2:8-20]
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