Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Parallel translations
- WEB Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
- BSB consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- NKJV Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.
- NASB Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, So that you may tell of her to the next generation.
- NLT Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.
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Quick answer
Note Zion's ramparts and palaces so you can tell the next generation. God's faithfulness is meant to be passed down.
Overview
The careful survey of Zion's defenses serves a purpose: to give a testimony that can be recounted to future generations. Scripture repeatedly stresses teaching God's works to children so faith continues. The enduring city stands as a memorial to God's reliability, encouraging believers to hand on the account of His saving acts.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 71:18Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Ps 122:7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
- Ps 78:4–6We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
- Deut 11:19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
- Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
- Amos 9:11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
- Acts 15:14–16Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
- Isa 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
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