I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
- BSB I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- NKJV “So I will strengthen them in the Lord, And they shall walk up and down in His name,” Says the Lord.
- NASB “And I will strengthen them in the Lord, And in His name they will walk,” declares the Lord.
- NLT By my power I will make my people strong, and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
God will strengthen His people so they walk through life in His name, under His authority and presence. It matters because the goal of restoration is a life lived continually in and for the LORD.
Overview
The chapter closes with the promise of inner strengthening 'in Yahweh' and a manner of life conducted 'in his name'—that is, belonging to Him and reflecting His character. To 'walk up and down' in His name pictures secure, settled, everyday faithfulness. For Christians this is fulfilled as believers, strengthened by His Spirit, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus (Col. 3:17; Phil. 4:13).
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- Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 2:5House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
- Zech 10:6“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
- 2 Tim 2:1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- Mic 4:5Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Col 2:6As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
- Col 3:17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
- 1 Jn 1:6–7If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
- Isa 45:24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
- Ps 68:34–35Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
- Gen 24:40He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s house.
- Gen 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
- Zech 12:5The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’
- Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- 1 Th 2:12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
- 1 Th 4:1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
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