For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
Parallel translations
- KJV When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
- BSB For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- NKJV For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
- NASB For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- NLT For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
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- Isa 60:1–2“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
- Jer 33:7I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
- Ps 147:2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
- Zech 2:6–13Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.
- Isa 14:26This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
- Jer 31:4I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
- Mic 2:9You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
- Ps 51:18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Ps 69:35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
- Ps 97:6The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
- Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isa 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.
- Isa 2:2–3It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
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