As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
- KJV As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
- NKJV As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the Lord of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah
- NASB Just as we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the Lord of armies, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah
- NLT We had heard of the city’s glory, but now we have seen it ourselves— the city of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. It is the city of our God; he will make it safe forever. Interlude
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Quick answer
What the people had only heard about God's faithfulness they now see with their own eyes; God establishes His city forever. His promises prove reliable.
Overview
The worshipers testify that the reports of God's saving deeds have been confirmed in their own experience within Jerusalem. 'God will establish it forever' looks beyond the earthly city to the permanence of His kingdom. The pause 'Selah' invites reflection on this assurance, which finds its ultimate fulfillment in the eternal city, the new Jerusalem secured by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 87:5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
- Mic 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- Matt 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Ps 44:1–2For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Ps 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Isa 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Ps 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Isa 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
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