For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Parallel translations
- WEB For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- BSB For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- NKJV For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.
- NASB For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it.
- NLT For God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and settle in their own land.
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Quick answer
God will save Zion and rebuild Judah's cities so his people may settle and possess them. It promises restoration and secure dwelling for God's people.
Overview
David looks beyond present distress to God's certain salvation of Zion and the restoration of Judah's cities. God's deliverance is not only personal but extends to his whole covenant community and their inheritance. This promise of a restored dwelling place ultimately points to the heavenly Zion and the new creation secured for God's people in Christ.
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- Isa 44:26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
- Ps 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Isa 46:13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Ps 48:11–13Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Obad 1:17But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
- Ps 102:16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
- Rev 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Ezek 36:35–36And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
- Isa 14:32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Jer 33:10–11Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
- Ps 147:12–13Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
- Ps 102:13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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