God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.
Parallel translations
- WEB God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
- KJV God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
- BSB God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- NASB In its palaces, God has made Himself known as a stronghold.
- NLT God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender.
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Quick answer
God has made Himself known within the city's citadels as a sure refuge. It matters because God Himself, not its walls, is the security of His people.
Overview
The strength of Zion is not its fortifications but God dwelling within it as a refuge. He reveals Himself as the true defense of His city. So the church's security rests not in human strength but in the presence of God, who in Christ is our stronghold and sure protection.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Zech 2:4–5and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
- Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Ps 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
- Isa 37:33–36Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
- Isa 4:5–6Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
- Ps 76:1–5For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- 2 Chr 12:7When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chr 14:9–15Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
- 2 Chr 20:1–37After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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