Found 130 Results for: Promised
He had marched to Jerusalem to level it and turn it into a cemetery. But now he even promised to declare it a free city. (2 Maccabees 9, 14)
but now he promised to decorate it lavishly, to return a great number of the sacred vessels, and to pay for all the expenses of the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
And he promised to become a Jew and to proclaim in all the inhabited countries the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
So he sent a messenger to convince them to accept peace with every kind of just condition. And he even promised to persuade the king to make peace with them, too. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
A bloody battle took place, and the men of Judas emerged victorious with the help of God. The defeated Arabs sued for peace, and promised to give them livestock, and to help them in the future. (2 Maccabees 12, 11)
That is why God promised by oath to bless all the nations through his descendants, that he would make them as numerous as the dust of the earth and exalt his posterity like the stars. He promised that their land would stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. (Ecclesiasticus 44, 21)
And this shall be for you a sign from Yahweh, that he will do what he has promised. (Isaiah 38, 7)
You gave your people this land which you had promised with an oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. (Jeremiah 32, 22)
And Yahweh says, "Just as I brought great disaster on this people, so shall I bring them all the happiness I promised them. (Jeremiah 32, 42)
This is what Yahweh the God of hosts and the God of Israel says: You and your wives think that what you say with your lips becomes an obligation you must fulfill. You say: 'We are bound to keep the vows we have made to burn incense and pour out wine to the queen of heaven.' Go ahead! Fulfill your vows and do what you promised! (Jeremiah 44, 25)
And I will lead them into the land which I have promised by oath to their fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and they will take possession of it. I will increase their number and it will no longer diminish. (Baruch 2, 34)
to whom you promised to multiply their race as the stars of heaven and the sand on the shore of the sea. (Daniel 3, 36)
