It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
- BSB The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- NKJV All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- NASB The city shall be eighteen thousand cubits all around; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The Lord is there.’ ”
- NLT “The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be ‘The Lord Is There.’”
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Quick answer
The city measures eighteen thousand reeds around, and its name is "Yahweh is there." God's abiding presence is the climax and crown of the whole vision.
Overview
The book of Ezekiel, which opened with God's glory departing the temple, closes with the city named for his permanent presence among his people. This new name, "Yahweh Shammah," is the goal of all redemption: God dwelling with his people forever. It finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ, Immanuel (God with us), and in the New Jerusalem, where God himself dwells with humanity (Revelation 21:3).
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- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- Zech 2:10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
- Rev 22:3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
- Jer 33:16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
- Jer 3:17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
- Isa 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Isa 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
- Joel 3:21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
- Isa 14:32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Ezek 35:10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
- Exod 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
- Exod 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
- Ps 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- Judg 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Gen 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
- Ps 77:13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
- Jer 14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Ps 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Zech 14:21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
- Ps 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
- Ps 48:3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
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