" And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious."

" Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.

For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; In every place incense [shall be] offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations," Says the LORD of hosts.

Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

Now if their fall [is] riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope."

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as [in] a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.