And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Parallel translations
- WEB My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
- BSB Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- NKJV My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
- NASB Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement, In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places;
- NLT My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.
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Quick answer
God's people will dwell in peaceful homes, secure dwellings, and quiet resting places. It matters because it promises the settled security of those right with God.
Overview
The fruit of righteousness is pictured as a people living in peace, safety, and rest. The imagery of secure dwellings conveys God's gift of true shalom. It foreshadows the rest believers find in Christ now and the perfect, untroubled dwelling with God in the world to come.
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- Zech 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- Hos 2:18–23And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
- 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.
- Ezek 34:25–26And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Isa 35:9–10No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- Isa 33:20–22Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
- Isa 60:17–18For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
- 1 Jn 4:16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- Heb 4:9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
- Zech 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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