The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
- KJV The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
- NKJV The Lord will record, When He registers the peoples: “This one was born there.” Selah
- NASB The Lord will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah
- NLT When the Lord registers the nations, he will say, “They have all become citizens of Jerusalem.” Interlude
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The LORD registers the peoples, recording 'this one was born there.' God Himself enrolls the citizens of Zion.
Overview
Like a king keeping a census, God writes the names of the nations as native-born citizens of Zion. This divine registry assures that those He claims truly belong. It anticipates the Lamb's book of life, in which the names of all redeemed in Christ are written.
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- Isa 4:3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
- Luke 10:20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
- Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Ezek 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- Ps 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
- Jer 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
- Ps 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Ezek 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Gal 4:26–31But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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