Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
- KJV And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
- NKJV Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.
- NASB “So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame.
- NLT Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.
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Quick answer
Israel will know that Yahweh dwells among them and that He alone is God. The restoration teaches them His unrivaled presence and identity.
Overview
The aim of God's restoring work is that His people would know Him as the living God present in their midst, beside whom there is no other. This assurance of His indwelling presence and exclusive deity is the deepest blessing of all. It anticipates the new covenant reality in which God dwells with His people through Christ and the Spirit, never to forsake them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ezek 37:26–28And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Lev 26:11–12And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- Zeph 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Ezek 39:28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Deut 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
- Isa 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- 1 Pet 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Ps 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- Isa 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Ezek 39:22From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
- 2 Cor 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Isa 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
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