My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure 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.
- KJV And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
- BSB Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- 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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Cross-references · 11
- Zech 2:5For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.
- Hos 2:18–23In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
- Jer 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”
- Ezek 34:25–26I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Isa 35:9–10No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
- Isa 33:20–22Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
- Isa 60:17–18For brass I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
- 1 Jn 4:16We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
- Jer 23:5–6“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Heb 4:9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- Zech 2:8For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
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