For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Parallel translations
- WEB “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,” says Yahweh, “so your offspring and your name shall remain.
- BSB “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
- NKJV “For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord, “So shall your descendants and your name remain.
- NASB “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So will your descendants and your name endure.
- NLT “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
As the new heavens and new earth God makes will endure, so will his people's offspring and name. It matters because it guarantees the everlasting permanence of God's redeemed people.
Overview
God grounds the enduring survival of his people in the permanence of the new creation he will establish. Their name and descendants will remain forever before him. This everlasting security is secured in Christ, in whom God's people receive an inheritance that can never perish (1 Peter 1:3-4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 65:17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Rev 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
- 2 Pet 3:13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- 1 Pet 1:4–5To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
- John 10:27–29My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Heb 12:26–28Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
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