Isaiah 55:4
Good News Translation
I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.

New Revised Standard Version
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.

Contemporary English Version
I made him the leader and ruler of the nations; he was my witness to them.

New American Bible
As I made him a witness to peoples, a leader and commander of peoples,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.

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John 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

1 Timothy 6:13 I charge thee before God who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession:

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood

Revelation 3:14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

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Isaiah 49:8-10 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed: . . .

Psalm 2:6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

Jeremiah 30:9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Ezekiel 34:23,24 And I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD OVER THEM, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. . . .

Daniel 9:25 Know thou, therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls, in straitness of times.

Hosea 3:5 And after this the children of Israel shall return and shall seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the last days.

Micah 5:2-4 Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel. . . .

Matthew 2:6 And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. . . .

John 10:3,27 To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. . . .

John 12:26 If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour.

John 13:13 You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.

Hebrews 2:10 For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.

Hebrews 5:9 And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation:

Context
Invitation to the Needy
3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David. 4Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.5Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.…
Cross References
Psalm 18:43
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

Isaiah 16:5
And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.

Jeremiah 30:9
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Ezekiel 34:24
And I the Lord will be their God: and my servant David the prince in the midst of them: I the Lord have spoken it.

Ezekiel 37:24
And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.

Ezekiel 37:25
And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt, and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

Daniel 9:25
Know thou, therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls, in straitness of times.

Hosea 3:5
And after this the children of Israel shall return and shall seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the last days.

Micah 5:2
Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

Isaiah 55:3
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