People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
Parallel translations
- WEB Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
- KJV And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
- NKJV The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
- NASB People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will live in security.
- NLT And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
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Quick answer
People will dwell in Jerusalem with no more curse, for the city will be perfectly safe. It matters because it foreshadows the final removal of the curse and the dwelling of God's people in everlasting security.
Overview
The promise that 'there will be no more curse' reverses the curse of Eden and the threats of the covenant, granting Jerusalem unbroken safety. This vision of a place free from curse and danger reaches its fulfillment in the new creation, where 'there will be no more curse' (Rev. 22:3) and God dwells with His people forever. It is a picture of redeemed, secure communion with God.
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Cross-references · 17
- Rev 22:3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Amos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Zech 8:8I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Isa 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Num 21:3And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Ezek 34:22–29I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
- Ezek 37:26And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Isa 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Jer 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
- Isa 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
- Jer 33:15–16In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Zech 2:4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zech 8:4This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
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