8 Bible Verses about Future Generations

so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children

This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the Lord:
He looked down from His holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth—
to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,
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so that they might declare
the name of Yahweh in Zion
and His praise in Jerusalem,
when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the Lord. He has broken my strength in midcourse;
He has shortened my days.
I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.
Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.
But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.
Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before You.”

Their descendants will serve Him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.
They will come and tell a people yet to be born
about His righteousness—
what He has done.

but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not here today.

We actually did this from a specific concern that in the future your descendants might say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord, the God of Israel?

“‘Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

because He has looked with favor
on the humble condition of His slave.
Surely, from now on all generations
will call me blessed,